BlockCenter, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greene Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47371. The Survey maps it on the Blaine quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
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 Center: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Aggregates Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center | $75,000 | A home suffered severe structural damage from a fallen tree. Other trees were blown down in and around Salamonia as well as near the intersection of 200 N and 300 W. A few branches fell onto power lines. Damage is estimated at $75,000. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Center | $1,500 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center | $1,000 | Tree down at 350 W and 200 N in Portland. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center | - | TREES DOWN NEAR STATE ROAD 26 AND STATE ROAD 1. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q5059240 | 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 432309. 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.