BlockGroveland, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Floyd Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46105. The Survey maps it on the North Salem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS North Salem quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,137 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Floyd Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Floyd Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveland in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. 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 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Groveland | $50,000 | NWS survey revealed EF1 damage with 90 mph winds in the northeast tip of the Heritage Lake area. Tornado damage was embedded in a broad area of downburst damage across northeast Putnam County. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | $25,000 | Tree downed onto a home by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | $15,000 | Numerous trees and power poles were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Groveland | $5,000 | NWS survey revealed EF1 damage with approximately 93 mph winds snapping numerous trees on County Road 600 East. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | $1,000 | A large tree was reported down blocking a road in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Groveland | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Groveland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Maysville | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Heritage Lake | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bainbridge | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Carpentersville | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Barnard | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Cary | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fillmore | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Roachdale | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 435532. 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.