BlockBattle Ground, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tippecanoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47920. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookston quadrangle. 1,838 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
On record in Battle Ground
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 1 record
Battle Ground Historic Districtlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresBattle Ground grew from 1,334 to 1,838 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,334 | |
| 2020 | 1,838 | +504 (+38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Brookston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Battle Ground: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Battle Ground in 34 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Battle Ground | 1 hurt, $300,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $50,000 | Numerous trees and limbs downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts around Battle Ground Indiana. Video and lots of pics of tree damage were received. Also, widespread power outages from Battle Ground to Burrows reported with much of Delphi without power. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Battle Ground | $10,000 | Multiple roads were reported to be closed due in Tippecanoe County due to flash flooding caused by rapid snow melt and heavy rain. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $6,000 | Trees and tree limbs were reported down in the town of Battle Ground. Winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $5,000 | Trees were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $5,000 | Multiple trees were reported down in Battle Ground and Americus due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $5,000 | Trees were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $5,000 | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust downed several trees in this location. Pea-sized hail was also observed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $2,500 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in the town of Battle Ground. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $2,000 | Large tree limb snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts over driveway. Relayed via broadcast media. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $2,000 | A tree was reported down on a power line at the 200 block of Jewett Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $1,000 | An 8 inch diameter, live tree was downed across State Route 225, just east of Battle Ground due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down near Battle Ground. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph was measured on State Route 225 in Prophetstown. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Battle Ground | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of lowland along the Wabash River during late December and very early January, affecting Tippecanoe County at and near Lafayette. This flood event continued into January. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Battle Ground | - | Fairly extensive flooding of lowlands/agricultural lands occurred along the Wabash River in and near Lafayette, Indiana. The river crested 8.8 feet above flood stage on May 16th at a reading of 19.8 feet. Crop damage is grossly estimated. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Battle Ground | - | Lowland flooding occurred along the Wabash River in/near Lafayette, Indiana. The river crested 3.3 feet above flood stage on May 2nd at a reading of 14.3 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects the following: McAllister Park Golf Course in Lafayette, river cabins near North 9th Street, low county roads are nearly impassable, Tapawingo Park in West Lafayette begins to flood, and low agricultural land. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Battle Ground | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of lowland along the Wabash River during late December and very early January, affecting Tippecanoe County at and near Lafayette. Flood waters closed State Route 225 just south of the Wabash River near Battleground. This flood event continued into January. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | Substantial tree damage occurred due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | A downed tree landed on a mobile home. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Battle Ground | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Ground | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delp | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ash Grove | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Birmingham | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Village | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Ravinamy | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Buck Creek | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Americus | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cairo | 4.9 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 Battle Ground | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q264343 | 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 430580. 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.