BlockBowling Green, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47833. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Point quadrangle.
On record in Bowling Green
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
Indiana State Highway Bridge 46-11-1316listed 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1908 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:48000
- 1910 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Bowling Green: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z83 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Stratabound |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowling Green in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Bowling Green | $45,000,000 | Flooding occurred along the Eel River in Clay County, including near Bowling Green, due to heavy rainfall. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Bowling Green | $15,000 | Flooding occurred along the Eel River in Clay County, including near Bowling Green, due to heavy rain. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Bowling Green | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the Eel River in Clay County, including near Bowling Green, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | $5,000 | Several power lines and large trees downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts in Bowling Green. Additional damage was reported in surrounding areas with 2 trees downed on vehicles. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | $3,000 | A 22 foot Coleman pool was lifted and caved in by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | $1,000 | A large tree was downed on State Road 46 near Bowling Green due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | $500 | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Flood | Bowling Green | - | Flooding occurred along the Eel River in Clay County, including in and near Bowling Green, due to heavy rain. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Bowling Green | - | Flooding occurred along the Eel River in Clay County in and near Bowling Green, IN. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Bowling Green | - | Extensive flooding of bottomlands and some county roads occurred along the Eel River in Clay County in and near Bowling Green, IN. The river crested at 17.79 feet on April 6th. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Bowling Green | - | Extensive flooding of bottomlands occurred along the Eel River in and near Bowling Green, Indiana. The river crested 2.4 feet above flood stage on May 15th at a reading of 19.4 feet. Crop damage is grossly estimated. |
| June 2008 | Heavy Rain | Bowling Green | - | Measured rainfall of 9.50 inches was reported. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bowling Green | - | No property damage reported. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Bowling Green | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bowling Green | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Bowling Green | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Six Points | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hoffman Crossing | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Center Point | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lap Corner | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Stearleyville | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ashboro | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Poland | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Roadman Corner | 6.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431404. 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.