BlockCenter, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46902. It stands on Taylor Run. The Survey maps it on the Kokomo East quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1960 USGS Kokomo East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
10,014 words on this townshipCounties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.., published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Taylor Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Taylor Township - 10,014 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 Center: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z77 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center | $2,000 | Several large tree branches downed along with a childrens playset by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center | $1,000 | A healthy blue spruce tree with a base of around 10 to 12 inches was uprooted due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center | $1,000 | Tree limbs were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Oakford | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Heights | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Darrough Chapel | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Guy | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Vermont | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Kokomo | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Alto | 5.6 miles | 11 |
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 Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5059242 | 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 449634. 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.