BlockBelle Union, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46121. The Survey maps it on the Eminence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Eminence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
637 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Jefferson Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belle Union in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Belle Union | $2,500 | Interstate 70 was closed near the Morgan county line for a short time after several cars hydroplanned on the highway. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Belle Union | $500 | The Putnam County Sheriffs Office reported high water on Interstate 70 at mile mark 44. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Belle Union | - | Several roads under water. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Belle Union | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Belle Union | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Park | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Board Park | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Meridian | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cradick Corner | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewood Lake | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fillmore | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Westland | 7.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430776. 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.