BlockWestwood, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Henry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47362. It stands on West Leg Westwood Run. The Survey maps it on the New Castle West quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1949 USGS New Castle West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Castle West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
774 words on this townshipHenry County; Past and Present: a Brief History of the County from 1821 to 1871, published 1871 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Henry Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Henry Township - 774 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Westwood: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Goodier Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| James L. Craig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Castle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westwood in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Hail | Westwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lawn | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| New Castle | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Foley | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Greensboro | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fayne Siding | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cadiz | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Van Nuys | 4.4 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 Westwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688906 | 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 445867. 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.