BlockTaylor, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47909. The Survey maps it on the Romney quadrangle.
On record in Taylor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Stidham United Methodist Churchlisted 1992 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Romney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Taylor: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $1,500 | A tree and large limbs were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down in West Point near the intersection of State Route 25 and County Road 750 West. Event time is estimated. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Taylor | - | Ping-pong ball sized hail was observed in Shadeland, which is southwest of Lafayette. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| November 2017 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadeland | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| South Raub | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Norma Jean Addition | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Elston | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Altamont Switch | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Tecumseh | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Summit | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Glenhall | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 444580. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.