BlockBennington, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47043. The Survey maps it on the Bennington quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1956 USGS Bennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Bennington quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bennington: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennington in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennington | $3,000 | Trees were downed across Liter Road. |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Bennington | $2,000 | Indian Creek was out of its banks, causing Nell Lee Road to be closed. A parked car was trapped in the high water. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennington | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Bennington | $1,000 | Several people were rescued from a van stuck in three to four feet of water on Nell Lee Road. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Bennington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Avonburg | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Moorefield | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jacksonville | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Sterling | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Center Square | 6.0 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 Bennington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4889859 | 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 430820. 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.