BlockAfrica, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47635. The Survey maps it on the Owensboro East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS Owensboro quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Owensboro East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Owensboro East quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Owensboro East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Africa: 5 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kapco Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 9 Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rockport Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| W. L. Delker Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Africa in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Africa | $30,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Africa | - | Minor flooding continued along the Ohio River from February into the first week of March. Low-lying fields and woodlands were underwater. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Africa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Patronville | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lincoln Pioneer Village | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Spencer County Farm | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rockport | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Reo | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Silverdale | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Enterprise | 5.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430026. 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.