BlockForesman, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Iroquois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47922. It stands on Mosquito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goodland quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foresman in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Foresman | - | The intersection of State Routes 16 and 55 were impassable and closed due to flooding. Route 16 was also impassable and closed in Foresman. Hazelden Country Club reported the front nine of the golf course was flooded. A storm total of 5.40 inches of rain was measured by Brook Fire Department. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Foresman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Percy Junction | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Ayr | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Beaver City | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Goodland | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Perkins | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ade | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Newton | 8.4 miles | 9 |
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 Foresman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5468769 | 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 434645. 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.