BlockDanes, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Miami Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46947. It lies near Rock Island. The Survey maps it on the Logansport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,433 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Indiana, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Miami Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Miami Township - 1,433 words.
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 Danes: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Aggregate Corp.Pl. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danes in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danes | $15,000 | Two out buildings, quonsets, were damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Adamsboro | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Adamsboro | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Miami Bend | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lewisburg | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Potawatomi Point | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Anoka | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| New Waverly | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hoover | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446700. 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.