BlockCentral, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Heth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47112. It lies near Sand Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mauckport quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1931 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Mauckport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Mauckport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Mauckport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
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 Central: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathes Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Central in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Central | - | Ping-pong ball sized hail was observed. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Central | - | A trained spotter and law enforcement reported penny to quarter size hail near the town of Central, Indiana. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central | - | Power lines were downed. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central | - | Numerous trees were downed. Half inch hail fell. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central | - | Numerous trees were blown down from Laconia to Lanesville. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Central | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Central | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Central | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glidas | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Valley City | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Dogwood | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Dixie | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Mauckport | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Titus | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Laconia | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| New Amsterdam | 6.2 miles | 15 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5060189 | 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 432348. 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.