BlockHome Corner, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46953. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle.
On record in Home Corner
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Marion Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic Districtlisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Home Corner: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas City-Own Crews | Stone | Producer | ||
| Grant Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grant Co. Hwy. Dept.- Own Crews | Stone | Producer | ||
| Marion Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Home Corner in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Home Corner | $5,000 | Report of tree on house and power lines via central dispatch. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Home Corner | $1,000 | no account filed |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Home Corner | - | A trained spotter reported several four to five inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Home Corner | - | A trained spotter reported a billboard was blown over at 29th and Adams Street. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Home Corner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethevan | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Brookhaven | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kiley | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Marion | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gas City | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jonesboro | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Michaelsville | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Westwood Square | 3.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562761 | 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 436365. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.