BlockHudnut, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Florida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47874. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hudnut: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| D. Robertson Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudnut in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 5 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Flood | Hudnut | $15,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in southwestern Parke County due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Hudnut | $12,000 | Heavy rain in Parke County caused several road closings throughout the county, but especially near Mecca. Near Mecca a vehicle along with the occupants had to be pulled from the water on Wabash street by the fire department after attempting to cross the flooded area. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudnut | $7,500 | Damaging thunderstorm winds gusted to near 70 mph several times during a 10 minute period. Trees and limbs were downed as well. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Hudnut | $500 | State Road 163, just west of US Highway 41, was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall. Water was reported to be six inches deep. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudnut | $500 | Tree limbs were reported down in Clinton due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Marble sized hail was also reported. |
| February 2009 | Flood | Hudnut | - | Extensive lowlands and low lying county roads flooded along the Wabash River in Parke County, including near Lyford, due to heavy rain. The end time of flood is approximate. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Hudnut | - | Low bottomlands flooded along the Wabash River near Lyford, Indiana, or Clinton, Indiana of neighboring Vermillion County. The river crested 2 feet above flood stage on May 3rd at a reading of 20 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects a few or so local and county roads, and agricultural land. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Hudnut | - | Heavy rain water flowed over various roads, including at Highway 41 near Lyford, Indiana and northward. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hudnut | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyford | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Numa | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| West Atherton | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Coxville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mecca | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rosedale | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Jessup | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bradfield Corner | 6.5 miles | 15 |
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 Hudnut | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5928446 | 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 436569. 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.