BlockHomer, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Walker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46146. It stands on Homer Run. The Survey maps it on the Manilla quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Manilla quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,840 words on this townshipHistory of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888; Rush County War Activities, 1861 to 1918, at Home and in the Field, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Walker Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Walker Township - 6,840 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Homer: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Brothers Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homer in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | $50,000 | Pole barn damaged by a microburst within an area of strong thunderstorm winds. An old corn crib was also destroyed at this location. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | $10,000 | Damage to barns and outbuildings across the area caused by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | $8,000 | Several trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts in the vicinity. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | - | Trees downed. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Homer | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Homer | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Homer | - | 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 Homer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5889897 | 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 436372. 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.