BlockBoyleston, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Michigan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46057. The Survey maps it on the Michigantown quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
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
- 1961 USGS Michigantown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
13,772 words on this townshipCombination Atlas Map of Clinton County, Indiana, published 1878; History of Clinton County, Indiana. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Michigan Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Michigan Township - 13,772 words.
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyleston in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyleston | $250,000 | Numerous trees, limbs, and utility poles were blown down by thunderstorm winds across the county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyleston | $25,000 | A three car garage, made of metal sheeting, was damaged due to severe thunderstorm winds. Three utility poles were also downed near this residence. This information was obtained from The Times - Frankfort. The time and location are estimated. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Boyleston | $5,000 | Widespread areas flooded with water up to 8 to 10 inches deep in the eastern portion of the county due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. No specific locations were able to be given. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyleston | $4,000 | A tree was blown down onto a car in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Boyleston | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Boyleston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigantown | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Avery | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hillisburg | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cyclone | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Risse | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Scircleville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wilshire | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kentwood | 5.1 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 Boyleston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4952540 | 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 431430. 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.