BlockCross Plains, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47017. The Survey maps it on the Cross Plains quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison 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 Cross Plains: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cross Plains in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $20,000 | A roof was blown off of a barn and structural damage occurred to an out building. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Cross Plains | $20,000 | A brief tornado touched down in far southeast Ripley County in Cross Plains. The tornado damaged trees as well as roofs of homes and businesses. Based on the degree of damage, the tornado produced winds of around 65 mph. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $10,000 | A mobile home sustained damage. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Cross Plains | $8,000 | Seventy percent of all roads in Ripley County were flooded and closed. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $5,000 | A trailer was damaged. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $3,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down along County Road 1050 S. Also some minor street flooding was reported in the area. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $3,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down in Friendship. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $2,000 | A few trees were reported knocked down. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Plains | $1,000 | A couple of trees were downed in Cross Plains. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Cross Plains | - | Water was reported over the road on State Route 129. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Cross Plains | - | Water was reported on the road at the intersection of State Route 129 and County Road 8005. |
| March 1997 | Hail | Cross Plains | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewberry | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Olean | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Friendship | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Benham | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Haney Corner | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Correct | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rexville | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Elrod | 7.9 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 Cross Plains | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5188373 | 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 449643. 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.