BlockLeota, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Finley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47170. It lies near Puppy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Scottsburg quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1947 USGS Scottsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Scottsburg quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leota in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Leota | - | An EF2 tornado, with peak winds of 115 mph, tracked across a little over a 15-mile stretch of southern and eastern Washington County late Wednesday night. It likely dissipated over the heavily forested area along the Washington/Scott county border. |It was on the ground for 13 minutes and had a peak width of 600 yards.||The tornado ended in the woods northeast of the eastern end of Calloway Rd, or |somewhere near the Washington/Scott County border.. The survey also found some sporadic straight line wind damage along the storm's path into Scott County south of Scottsburg. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Leota | - | An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Washington county approximately 4 miles SSW of Little York. The tornado continued for 13 miles into Scott county where it finally lifted 5 miles north northeast of Austin. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 80 mph. Mainly tree damage was observed along the path in Scott county.. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Leota | - | The public reported quarter sized hail beginning at 3:29 pm EDT and ending at 3:44 pm. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Leota | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pigeon Roost Station | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Scottsburg | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Marshfield | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Goshen | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Austin | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Albion | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| New Frankfort | 9.6 miles | 10 |
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 Leota | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6527245 | 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 437786. 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.