BlockBud, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46131. The Survey maps it on the Trafalgar quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Trafalgar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Trafalgar quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
6,020 words on this townshipA Historical Sketch of Johnson County, Indiana, published 1881; History of Johnson County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Union Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Union Township - 6,020 words.
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bud in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bud | $1,000 | Small 1-inch diameter tree limbs were broken and roof shingles were blown off in this location due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bud | - | One-inch hail along Indiana Route 135. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Bud | - | This report was received via mPING. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Trafalgar | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Samaria | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Providence | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Hopewell | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Old Bargersville | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bargersville | 5.1 miles | 16 |
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 Bud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4983747 | 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 431757. 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.