BlockWest Union, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Reserve Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47862. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
On record in West Union
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.
West Union BridgeNational Historic Landmark · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1955 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Union: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Clay Pit | Stone, Clay | Producer | ||
| Dana Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dee Clay Products Company, Inc. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Montezuma Shale Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Hawkins Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montezuma Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parke County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| W.C. Hargis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Union in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2009 | Flood | West Union | $2,500 | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of bottomlands, parks, and lowest roads along the Wabash River during late December and very early January, affecting Parke County at and near the Montezuma river gage. This flood event is a continuation from December. |
| December 2008 | Flood | West Union | $2,500 | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of bottomlands, parks, and lowest roads along the Wabash River during late December and very early January, affecting Parke County at and near the Montezuma river gage. This flood event continued into January. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coke Oven Hollow | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stumptown | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Melcher (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Klondyke | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Melcher | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Montezuma | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rockport | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pottertown (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 |
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 West Union | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7986725 | 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 445818. 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.