BlockBeal, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vincennes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47591. The Survey maps it on the Saint Francisville quadrangle. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1915 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS St. Francisville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Beal: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St. Thomas Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| White River Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| White Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beal in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Beal | 1 hurt, $75,000 | At 1456EST, this EF-2 tornado touched down 4.5 miles west-northwest of Decker. The most extensive damage was found north of Decker along Old Decker Road, just to the east of Route 41. The second story of a home was removed with the exterior walls collapsed. This tornado continued until it was 6 miles southeast of Vincennes at 1506EST. The estimated maximum wind speed with this EF-2 tornado was 130 mph. |
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beal | $100,000 | Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts produced damage to and/or downed high tension power lines. |
| February 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Beal | $15,000 | An EF-0 tornado, with max wind speeds of 83 mph, damaged some outbuildings near the town of Bandmill in Knox County. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Beal | $1,000 | Greentree Road was closed with water flowing over the road due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Beal | $500 | Blood Woods Road was closed with water flowing over the road due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Bridges | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bloods Wood Crossing | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bandmill | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Thomas | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sisson | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Purcell | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Vollmer | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Little Rock | 6.2 miles | 24 |
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 Beal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4876113 | 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 452269. 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.