BlockClinton Falls, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46135. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clinton Falls quadrangle.
On record in Clinton Falls
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Edna Collings Covered Bridgelisted 2024
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Clinton Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Clinton Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,268 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Clinton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In Clinton Township there are three postoffice towns: Portland Mills, Morton and Clinton Falls. The first named is an old town, and is so situated that a part of it is in Clinton and a part in Russell Township, Putnam County, and a part in each of two townships in Parke County.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clinton Falls in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2008: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton Falls | $20,000 | A carport was blown on its side and metal was ripped from several homes in the Van Bibbler Lake area due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton Falls | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Bibber Lake | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Morton | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Vivalia | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Portland Mills | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Brunerstown | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brick Chapel | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Keytsville | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Blakesburg | 6.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 432677. 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.