BlockElrod, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47031. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1946 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Elrod between 2004 and 2005, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elrod in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Elrod | $50,000 | The tornado first touched down along S. Friendship Road in southeast Ripley County. The tornado caused roof and siding damge to homes and barns, as well as destroying silos, along with tree damage. The tornado damage ended just west of the Dearborn County line. |
| June 2016 | Lightning | Elrod | $50,000 | Lightning struck a house which caught fire and burnt down. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elrod | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elrod | $1,000 | A tree was downed along East County Road 125 South. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elrod | $1,000 | A tree was downed over a roadway. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elrod | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto a road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elrod | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Elrod | - | High water was reported on South Friendship Road just south of East County Road 300 South. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Elrod | - | High water was reported over the roadway at the intersection at U.S. Route 50 and County Road 675 East. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Elrod | - | Six inches of water covered South Friendship Road, south of East County Road 300 S. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Elrod | - | High water was reported on County Road 50, just east of State Route 129. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Elrod | - | High water was reported over several roads in Ripley County, including U.S. 50 near Elrod. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Elrod | - | Water was flowing across several sections of South Friendship Road. Numerous roads were inundated. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Elrod | - | Water was flowing across S County Road 400 E near US Route 50. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stringtown | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Versailles | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Milan | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Olean | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pierceville | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Old Milan | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Benham | 6.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434141. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.