BlockBuddha, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Guthrie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. It stands on Crawford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bedford East quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bedford East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Bedford East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Buddha between 2004 and 2014, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | TUNNELTON |
| 29 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SHAWSWICK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buddha: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| V. I. Grissom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buddha in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buddha | $15,000 | A barn roof was reported to be blown off due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Multiple trees were reported down as well, including a 14-inch diameter tree. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buddha | $8,000 | Several trees were downed in the Tunnelton and Fort Ritner areas due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buddha | $5,000 | Some trees were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Street flooding was also reported. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buddha | $2,000 | Several power lines and power poles snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts along US 50 and across points to the south. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Buddha | $500 | The 911 Center reported Tunnelton Road closed due to water flowing over the road from heavy rainfall. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Buddha | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Buddha | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivervale | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lawrenceport | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pinhook | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Tunnelton | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Crawford | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rabbitville | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Mill Village | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Yockey | 4.6 miles | 17 |
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 Buddha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4984146 | 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 431762. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.