BlockFarmers, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47471. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arney 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.
- 1908 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Arney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Arney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmers in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Farmers | $1,000 | Six inches of rain water covered SR 67. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Vilas | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| New Hope | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Arney | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pottersville | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Adel | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hubbell | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Braysville | 6.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434398. 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.