BlockBufkin, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Black Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47620. The Survey maps it on the Caborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1917 USGS Uniontown quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Caborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Caborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
35,592 words on this townshipHistory and Directory of Posey County [Indiana] : Containing an Account of the Early Settlement and Organization of the County ... : Also a Complete List of the Tax-payers, Their Post-office Addresses and Places of Residence, Together with a Business Directory of Mt. Vernon and New Harmony ... Also Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, published 1882; History of Posey County, Indiana : from the Earliest Times to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. : Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1886; History of Posey County, Indiana, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Black Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Black Township - 35,592 words.
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 Bufkin: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posey Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bufkin in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Hail | Bufkin | $2,000,000 | A hailstorm with stones up to golf ball size passed directly over Mount Vernon. At least 200 homes were damaged by the hail, and several hundred vehicles were damaged. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bufkin | $20,000 | A house roof was damaged. There was considerable loss of shingles and minor damage to the decking. A patio roof was blown away. Tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Bufkin | - | Roadways were flooded in the city, causing one vehicle to stall in the water. A sheriff deputy reported about 12 inches of standing water in the roadway at State Route 69 and the State Route 69 bypass. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmersville | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Caborn | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Solitude | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Oliver | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Dead Mans Crossing | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Erwin | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Springfield | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Vernon | 4.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431782. 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.