BlockIona, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47591. The Survey maps it on the Iona quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1944 USGS Iona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Iona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iona in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iona | $15,000 | A tree and utility lines were downed near South Decker Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A tree also fell onto a house on Roher Road. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Iona | $5,000 | Two to three inches of running water was over US Highway 241. A house near Decker was reported to possibly be affected by flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ridgleville | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cantaloupe | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Decker | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Purcell | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sisson | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Decker Chapel | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Saint Thomas | 5.5 miles | 18 |
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 Q6063454 | 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 436824. 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.