BlockEames, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Skelton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47637. The Survey maps it on the De Gonia Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1900 USGS De Gonia Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Degonia Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS De Gonia Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eames in 1 storm report in 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Eames | $20,000 | Fire and rescue personnel removed persons from a vehicle stranded in floodwaters on a local road near Tennyson. County Road 350N was flooded waist-high near State Route 161 in Tennyson. Significant street flooding occurred in Boonville. A van containing a woman and four children became stranded in floodwaters on Highway 261 between Chandler and Boonville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennyson | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Loafers Station | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| De Gonia Springs | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Folsomville | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ash Iron Springs | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Heilman | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Jockey | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Dickeyville | 7.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433859. 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.