BlockBowers, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47940. It stands on Withe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
On record in Bowers
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
William Fisher Polygonal Barnlisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1962 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowers in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 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 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Bowers | $25,000 | This squall line tornado began in far northeastern Montgomery County, approximately midway between the communities of Darlington and Colfax, (while, a weaker EF0 tornado was simultaneously spawned about 1.5 miles to the southeast). The tornado first downed trees (uprooted hardwood and snapped pines) in a distinct 0.5-mile long patch along Withe Creek prior to crossing East Bowers Road, consistent with EF1-intensity winds as high as 94 mph. The tornado then continued into Boone and Clinton Counties where it would ultimately reach EF2 intensity. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Bowers | $1,000 | A road in this location is impassable due to flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowers | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Bowers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Darlington Woods | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kirkpatrick | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Shannondale | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Garfield | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Log Cabin Crossroads | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Smartsburg | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cherry Grove | 9.6 miles | 9 |
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 Bowers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4950880 | 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 431396. 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.