BlockGifford, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Barkley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47978. The Survey maps it on the Gifford quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gifford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gifford in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $10,000 | Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs and small trees were blown down near 500N and Route 49. Minor damage was reported to some houses. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | - | A photo shared on social media showed a large oak tree that was blown down onto a shed near County Roads W 600 N and N 100 W. The tree appeared to be partially rotten. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Gifford | - | 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.
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 Gifford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5559904 | 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 435058. 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.