BlockFlat Rock, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47234. It stands on Lewis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hope quadrangle. It stands 689 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.
- 1942 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Flat Rock in 2003, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Flat Rock: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flat Rock in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Rock | $100,000 | Straight line winds toppled several high tension transmission towers and destroyed a church. Several other buildings were damaged as well. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Rock | $7,000 | Trees were reported down in southern Shelby County near the intersection of County Roads 700 South and 300 East due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Rock | $1,000 | A tree of unknown size was downed by thunderstorm wind gusts along the 1200 block of County Road 1100 South. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Rock | $1,000 | A tree was down, blocking the road, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Flat Rock | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed at the intersection of 1000 North and 350 East County Roads. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Flat Rock | - | No property damage was reported. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Rock | - | Trees were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Creek | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Norristown | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Auburn | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Camp Flat Rock | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Marietta | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Geneva | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wilson Corner | 6.5 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 Flat Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5457786 | 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 449657. 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.
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.