BlockWinthrop, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47918. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1962 USGS Attica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,976 words on this townshipCounties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Warren Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Warren Township - 2,976 words.
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 Winthrop: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winthrop in 2 storm reports in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Winthrop | $20,000 | Several culverts were washed out on county roads due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | $7,000 | Numerous trees were reported down in and near the Independence area due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatterton | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kramer | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Glen Cliff | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Banning Corner | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mudlavia Springs | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Independence | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rainsville | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rocky Ford | 5.4 miles | 9 |
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 Winthrop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q743571 | 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 446200. 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.