BlockBennetts Switch, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Deer Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46901. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1959 USGS Miami quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennetts Switch in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennetts Switch | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down due to a small downburst that hit the south central part of thecounty. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennetts Switch | - | Emergency management reported large tree limbs down in Bennetts Switch. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bennetts Switch | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bennetts Switch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wawpecong | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Loree | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bunker Hill | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| McGrawsville | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| North Grove | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Santa Fe | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Nead | 8.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430817. 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.