BlockVandalia, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47868. It lies near Corbin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Spencer quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
On record in Vandalia
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 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Spencer quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vandalia: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Winders & Sons Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vandalia in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandalia | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Fish Creek Road. Power lines were also downed on Country Club Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandalia | $1,000 | A tree was reported downed over a road near Atkinsonville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Vandalia | $500 | Water was also reported to be covering the road to unknown depth. They were able to drive through it fine. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Vandalia | $500 | Owen County Dispatch reported that flash flooding caused Patricksburg Road to be impassable near Buckview Road. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Vandalia | - | A funnel cloud was observed in this location and was seen moving east. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Corner | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Atkinsonville | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Patricksburg | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Beamer | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Spencer | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cuba | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Southport | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jordan | 6.5 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Vandalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7914319 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445224. 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.