BlockCook, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hanover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46303. The Survey maps it on the Saint John quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS St. John quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. John quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS St. John quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,796 words on this townshipA Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hanover Township covers advance german colonists, henry sasse, sr, henry von hollen, lewis herlitz, herman doescher, h. klass and klassville.
Read the chapter on Hanover Township - 1,796 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cook in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flood. 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 2010 | Flood | Cook | - | Three to four inches of flowing water was reported at Route 41 and 133rd Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lake | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Brunswick | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Klaasville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Creston | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kreitzburg | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hawthorne Hills | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Saint John | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Dalecarlia | 5.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 432911. 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.