BlockHouston, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salt Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47264. It stands on Pruitt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Story quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Houston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | TAYLOR |
| 26 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | WHITE |
| 12 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | FLEETWOOD CEMETERY |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FREEDOM |
| 6 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BROWN |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LUTES FIRE |
| 9 April 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HOUSTON NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houston in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Houston | $2,000 | A road was washed out near the intersection of State Route 135 and Buffalo Pike due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. The intersection is about a mile south of the Brown-Jackson County border. This report was received via Twitter. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Houston | $2,000 | Numerous roads were flooded and impassable across Pershing and Salt Creek Townships due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Little Salt Creek was out of its' banks from Houston to its confluence with the South Fork of Salt Creek. The South Fork of Salt Creek was also out of its' banks in northwest Jackson County. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston | - | A 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knobs | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Maumee | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Kurtz | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Freetown | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Spraytown | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Norman | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Clear Spring | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Acme | 7.5 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 Houston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688433 | 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 451069. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.