BlockKramer, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47918. It sits by Lovers Leap. The Survey maps it on the Williamsport quadrangle. 86 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Williamsport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,625 words on this townshipCounties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Liberty Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 3,625 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kramer: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Gravel Co. Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wabash Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Warren Co. Hwy. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kramer in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kramer | $35,000 | Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts blew barns, farm equipment, and trees over. Power lines were also reported down. Multiple roads were blocked due to debris and the trees that were downed. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Kramer | $1,000 | A tornado was observed by several people, including a law enforcement officer who was lifted in his car and moved to the side of the road at a location of between 3 and 4 miles north of Attica on SR 55. Between 2- and 3 1/2-foot diameter tree limbs were seen airborne. Other airborne debris was reported and trees were blown down across the area. Winds were estimated at 70 MPH. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kramer | $500 | Trees blown down near Kramer. Several large limbs were downed near Williamsport. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Kramer | - | A 24-hour rainfall of 5.08 inches was measured in this location. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Kramer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudlavia Springs | 0.3 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Glen Cliff | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Williamsport | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Carbondale | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Winthrop | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Rocky Ford | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Chatterton | 5.2 miles | 8 |
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 Kramer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3199584 | 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 437450. 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.