BlockFair Oaks, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47943. The Survey maps it on the Fair Oaks quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Fair Oaks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fair Oaks in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | $5,000 | A bill board sign was completely demolished with wooden posts snapped on Interstate 65 near Fair Oaks. There was also damage to trees as well as debris evident in the trees. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | - | A report was received of trees down east-northeast of Fair Oaks. Wind magnitude and time were estimated based on radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | - | Several utility poles were snapped along Route 231. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Oaks | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed large trees and tree limbs, mainly in the northern portion of the county. |
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.
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 Fair Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5429869 | 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 449652. 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.