BlockDelong, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Aubbeenaubbee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46922. The Survey maps it on the Culver quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Culver quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delong in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delong | $1,000 | A tree down. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Delong | - | County officials reported numerous roads flooded across the county. A handful of washouts were also noted, including County Road 600 West, south of State Route 14. Spotter and radar estimates indicated that three to over five inches of rain fell across the area. The highest amount was from the Kewanna area where the public reported 5.50 inches of rain. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Delong | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delong | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leiters Ford | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Guise Park | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bruce Lake Station | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Bruce | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pershing | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Richland Center | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kewanna | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tiosa | 11.2 miles | 11 |
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 Delong | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5254323 | 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 433458. 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.