BlockBlocher, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47138. The Survey maps it on the Blocher quadrangle. It stands 686 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 Blocher quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blocher 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 Blocher: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blocher in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blocher | - | A large tree was reported down on State Road 56 near Blocher. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blocher | - | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of State Rd. 56 and State Rd. 3. The time was estimated based on radar. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blocher | - | Numerous trees and power lines down |
| April 2007 | Hail | Blocher | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Blocher | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blocher | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooster | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| New Frankfort | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Goshen | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Albion | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lexington | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Scottsburg | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Marshfield | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Vienna | 7.6 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 Blocher | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4927111 | 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 431188. 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.