BlockHastings, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46542. The Survey maps it on the Nappanee East quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Nappanee East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nappanee East quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
648 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 648 words.
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hastings in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hastings | $80,000 | Multiple irrigation systems rolled and mangled. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hastings | $1,000 | A spotter reported that a tree was snapped in half on their property. Multiple large branches down across Pinkerton and Pierce roads as well. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hastings | - | Wind damage. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Hastings | - | A flyover of farm land southwest of Milford revealed a sporadic path of damage through several soy bean and corn fields. The circulation was found to touch down in a field on North County Road 425 West, about a half mile north of West County Road 900 North. An erratic pattern was observed in the crops suggesting a weak, disorganized circulation was in contact with the ground at times, crossing West County Road 1000 N and N County Road 300 West before dissipating. Damage to the crops was not visible from road survey. At the present time, the EF scale does not identify any crops as a Damage Indicator (used to determine the intensity of the tornado) and no other objects were impacted. Given the evidence of a weak tornado, this will be classified as EF-0 with maximum winds of 65 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravelton | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Clunette | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Milford | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Banks | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Leesburg | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Milford Junction | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Monoquet | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Musquabuck Park | 7.9 miles | 13 |
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 Hastings | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5680219 | 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 435865. 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.