BlockCentral Barren, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Morgan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47161. The Survey maps it on the Crandall quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Crandall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
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 Central Barren: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John S. Davis Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Central Barren in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Central Barren | $25,000 | A weak tornado hit the south side of a farm on Gettlefinger Road collapsing a milk barn and tearing several panels off of a large metal outbuilding in addition to snapping trees in wooded areas on either side of the farm. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Central Barren | - | Golf ball size hail was reported along Hancock Chapel Road. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Central Barren | - | A weak tornado touched down along Hancock Chapel Road NE uprooting several trees in a cyclonic fashion. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Palmyra | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Salisbury | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Byrneville | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ramsey | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Corydon Junction | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hancock Chapel | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mott Station | 4.6 miles | 13 |
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 Central Barren | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5060439 | 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 432350. 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.