BlockCarp, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47460. The Survey maps it on the Cataract quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Cataract quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carp in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Carp | $10,000 | Bush Road was reported to be washed out due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Locust Lake Drive near this same location was flooded as well. Also, portions of Highway 231 North and Atkinsonville Road were reported to be flooded. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carp | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carp | $7,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in northern Owen County. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Carp | $250 | Many county roads in Owen County were reported under water due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. The location of this event is estimated. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Carp | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported in this location. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carp | - | Tree limbs were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carp | - | Tree limbs were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Carp | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carp | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Carp | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 432160. 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.