BlockCommiskey, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47227. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deputy quadrangle. It stands 696 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Deputy quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Deputy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Commiskey in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commiskey | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed or uprooted multiple trees, including one onto a propane tank, and blew a barn roof off along County Road 640 West near 620 South. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commiskey | $7,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 60 mph, was reported from this location. Trees were also reported down in and around Commiskey, from County Road 500 South to State Route 250. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Commiskey | - | A brief period of golfball size hail fell in Commiskey, Indiana. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Commiskey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltown | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Paris Crossing | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Paris | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lovett | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Walnut Ridge | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Staples Ford | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Grayford | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Four Corners | 8.2 miles | 8 |
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 Commiskey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5152608 | 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 432832. 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.