BlockEffner, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47951. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Effner in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Effner | $500,000 | Widespread flooding was reported across Newton County with many roads flooded and impassible. Morocco measured 2.55 inches of rainfall, Kentland measured 2.44 inches and Lake Village measured 2.37 inches. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Effner | $10,000 | Near the intersection of Route 52 and State Road 71, multiple trees were blown down and the roof was removed from a pole barn with partial structural collapse. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Effner | - | Numerous power lines and poles were downed south of CR 1300S extending from State Line Rd to US-41. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Effner | - | An EF-1 tornado appeared to touch down in an open field southwest of Darrow in rural Iroquois County. It tracked northeast causing damage to trees and farm outbuildings. The peak intensity of the tornado occurred near the end of the path along the Iroquois and Newton County border, where over a dozen new wooden power poles were snapped at their base. The tornado then appeared to lift just northeast of US-24 in southwestern Newton County. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Effner | - | A private weather station measured a wind gust to 73 mph. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Effner | - | A private weather station measured a wind gust to 73 mph. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Effner | - | A brief tornado occurred in a field outside of Kentland. No damage was reported. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Effner | - | After heavy rain and flash flooding on February 4th and 5th, flood waters slowly subsided by February 9th due to saturated and frozen ground and already high river levels. On February 7th, a car was removed from the bottom of a flooded stone quarry. There were three occupants in the car, all three had died. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentland | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Newton | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ade | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Perkins | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Brook | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Beaver City | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Goodland | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Percy Junction | 12.4 miles | 9 |
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 Effner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5347508 | 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 447634. 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.