BlockBengal, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hendricks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46131. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1942 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bengal in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Bengal | $10,000 | A retired NWS employee reported ankle deep water in a house due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. The house is on County Road 100 South, one mile east of Sugar Creek. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Bengal | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains covered 750 West south of State Route 44 to a depth of 6 to 8 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Smithland | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Auburn | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Boggstown | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fenns | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| The Red Mills | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lewis Creek | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fairland | 8.4 miles | 12 |
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 Bengal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033234 | 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 430805. 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.