BlockBlack Oak, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Barr Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47501. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1944 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Barr township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Black Oak
Cannelbnrg is an incorporated town with a population cif three luuitlret^l, by the census of I'JlD. It s[)rang into existence on acc(_junt of the e.\tensi\e operations of the iJuckeye Cannel-Coal C_'ompan\' in the early se\'- enties. The town w.as laid out by .\. J. Shot well, I. ( '. Harris and Anthon\- .\loois, who composed ihe co,-|l c,im])any.
In the county-history sources
7,722 words on this townshipHistory of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886; History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions ... with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Barr Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Barr Township - 7,722 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Black Oak between 2005 and 2007, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 November 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Black Oak: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black Oak in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Black Oak | $65,000 | This EF-2 tornado was on the ground intermittently throughout the 1.52 mile path. The maximum wind associated with this tornado was approximately 125 mph. Early on, a swath of trees were snapped at elevated heights. Later, two very large trees were snapped and a metal power line truss collapsed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Oak | $25,000 | Half of a hog barn was removed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts near County Roads 100 South and 350 East. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Black Oak | $10,000 | A picture indicated flooding along US Highway 50 west of Montgomery. The nearest rainfall report was 2.59 inches, but radar estimates were higher at this location. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Oak | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged trees east of Washington near Interstate 69. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Black Oak | $5,000 | Numerous roads were covered by water due to heavy rain including State Road 50 near Montgomery. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Oak | $2,000 | Power lines were reported down due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Black Oak | $1,000 | Water was reported over US Highway 50, east of Washington, and also over State Road 57, south of Washington, due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Black Oak | - | Nearby areas also saw hail up to 1 inch. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Black Oak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cannelburg | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Washington | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| South Washington | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lettsville | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Corning | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Glendale | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cornettsville | 6.7 miles | 14 |
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 Black Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4921394 | 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 431138. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.