BlockEllis, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46703. The Survey maps it on the Angola East quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1939 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
26,791 words on this townshipHistory of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Scott Township covers formation, boundaries, description, first land entries, first settlers, first marriage and birth.
Read the chapter on Scott Township - 26,791 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 Ellis: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellis in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellis | $1,000 | Outflow wind wind from thunderstorms downed an estimated 36 inch diameter tree. Tree did have a hollow spot on the inside. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellis | - | EM reports tree down. |
| July 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Ellis | - | Video footage submitted by a trained spotter indicated a brief touchdown of a tornado in an open field on State Road 1, south of US 20. The tornado was associated with a supercell that showed persistent, but weak rotation. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Ellis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlien | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Eastpoint Terminal | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Courtney Corner | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Otsego Center | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Metz | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Angola | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ravinia Oaks | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fountain Park | 4.8 miles | 14 |
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 Ellis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988934 | 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 434105. 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.