BlockAde, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47922. The Survey maps it on the Kentland quadrangle. It stands 659 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
- 1961 USGS Kentland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ade in 6 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ade | - | Power lines were blown down across Route 41 near Route 16. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Ade | - | A brief tornado with peak winds of 70 mph touched down southwest of Brook. The tornado made a path through corn fields, indicating a convergent pattern. The only damage was to metal farm buildings west of Route 41 and south of W 1000 S Road. One had a portion of its metal roof peeled off and doors were blown out of another. The path of this tornado was determined, in part, using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Ade | - | Flooding was first reported along Route 41 south of Kentland. The fire chief said the water rose three feet in just 20 minutes. The fire department was then flooded and equipment needed to be relocated. Several fire departments assisted Kentland and rescued or evacuated 60 to 80 people from water filled streets, stranded cars and flooded homes. Some of the rescues included vehicles that were flooded on Route 41 and Route 24 as well as county roads. A family of three, which included an infant, was rescued from 1700 South. Rescues on Route 24 occurred from the Indiana/Illinois state line to between Kentland and Goodland.||Three bridges and several county roads were washed out. Numerous roads were flooded. A fire truck was lost due to flooding. Many homes were damaged and several homes received a considerable amount of damage. The flood waters were five feet high in some homes and the flood waters were six feet deep in places on the south side of Kentland. The flood waters began receding early in the morning of June 28th. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Ade | - | Flooding continued into the early morning hours of June 28th after heavy rain and flash flooding during the afternoon of June 27th. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Ade | - | Rainfall of 6.12 inches was measured in 21 hours. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Ade | - | Major flooding occurred along the Iroquois River. The river crested at 24.35 feet at Foresman on February 22nd, which was the third highest crest on record. Flood stage at Foresman is 18 feet and major stage is 24 feet. |
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.
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 Ade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4681437 | 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 430017. 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.