BlockDeer Creek, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46917. It stands on Price Plank Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Deer Creek quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Deer Creek
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
- Sycamore Rowlisted 2023
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Deer Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
824 words on this townshipHistory of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Deer Creek is the principal town in the township, situate on the state Michigan road, and during the time of the building of this road was quite a lively place. The various church denominations have their organizations and fine schools are found in this township. Improved roads and per¬ manent iron bridges make this township a model one in the county.
Passage source: History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Creek in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 | Tornado (EF1) | Deer Creek | $60,000 | A trained spotter reported a tornado silhouetted by lightning in this location. This tornado touched down near County Road 700 N and 500 E in eastern Carroll County around 1:25 AM EDT. Two hog barns were destroyed in the path of this tornado before continuing on into Cass County. Based on the damage observed, this appeared to be a high EF1 tornado with winds approaching 110 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Creek | $7,500 | A roof was reportedly blown off a barn due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Creek | - | A 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Deer Creek | - | Mainly crop damage was observed on the Carroll County side of this EF1 tornado track before heading into Cass County. Overall, crop and tree damage, minor roof damage to a few barns and homes, as well as a recreational vehicle (RV) being lifted and destroyed is what was surveyed from this 95 mph maximum wind tornado. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeling | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sharon | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carrollton | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Flax | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Burrows | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Camden | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Flora | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Burlington | 9.2 miles | 10 |
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 Deer Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18149643 | 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 449647. 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.