BlockWaynesburg, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47283. The Survey maps it on the Grammer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grammer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
78 words on this townshipHistory of Decatur County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 78 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waynesburg in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2016 | Lightning | Waynesburg | 1 hurt | A young girl was struck by lightning outside of her grandmothers home after 9:00 AM EDT on the morning of the 26th of July. The strike occurred in the 1300 block of South Country Road 1100 West near Alert, Indiana. The Decatur County Sheriffs Office said the young girl and her grandmother were getting ready to get into the car when she was struck by lightning. The grandmother told deputies she heard a loud crack of lightning and looked over and saw the girl on the ground. She is expected to make a full recovery. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alert | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Hill | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sardinia | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Letts Corner | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Westport | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Letts | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Harper | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Horace | 6.6 miles | 11 |
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 Waynesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7976813 | 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 445582. 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.
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.