BlockLancaster, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lancaster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46750. It stands on Brook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Etna quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1950 USGS Mount Etna quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Mount Etna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mount Etna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,585 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Lancaster Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Lancaster Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
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 Lancaster: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majenica Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Majenica Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lancaster in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $20,000 | Emergency management officials reported the back side of a barn being blown down with several healthy two to three foot diameter trees also down. Power lines were also blown down in the area. Damage is estimated at $20,000. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $1,000 | Large tree down at the intersection of S 300 W and W 400 S. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $1,000 | Tree down on 300W in Lancaster. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | - | Multiple trees and tree limbs blown down in south-central Huntington County. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | - | Tree down on powerlines on 300W near 300S. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | - | Emergency management officials reported a two foot diameter tree was snapped off at the ground by strong winds. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lancaster | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Etna | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Majenica | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Plain | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Harlansburg | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Plum Tree | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Warren | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Creek Center | 6.6 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 Lancaster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6483070 | 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 437591. 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.