BlockGrass Creek, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46939. The Survey maps it on the Grass Creek quadrangle. It stands 771 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grass Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grass Creek in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Grass Creek | 1 hurt, $150,000 | 40 PERCENT OF THE COUNTIES ROADS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT. ONE MAN WAS INJURED WHEN HE DROVE HIS VEHICLE INTO A FALLEN TREE LIMB. HE SUFFERED CUTS AND BRUISES. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Grass Creek | $250,000 | Extensive flooding was reported around the Tippecanoe River and its associated basin, with several roads suffering damage from partial to full washouts. Damage has been estimated in excess of 250,000 dollars. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grass Creek | $2,000 | An 8 inch diameter tree is down in the a yard. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grass Creek | - | Law enforcement officials reported a tree down near the intersection of State Route 17 and 114. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grass Creek | - | Emergency management officials reported trees down as well as minor barn damage in Grass Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshtown | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fletcher | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kewanna | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fulton | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bruce Lake Station | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Bruce | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Guise Park | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pershing | 11.2 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 Grass Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5597422 | 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 435336. 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.