BlockLinnsburg, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47933. The Survey maps it on the Darlington quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1958 USGS Darlington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linnsburg in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Linnsburg | $48,000 | The same storm that produced the Yeddo tornado went on to produce this EF-1 tornado in Montgomery County, near the town of New Ross. The tornado touched down at 7:36 PM EDT and was on the ground for about a minute. Wind speeds for the tornado were 100-110 mph, and the width was 150 yards. The tornado was on the ground for about a half mile as it hit a house, destroyed a barn, and downed trees onto a house and two cars. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Linnsburg | $25,000 | A portion of county road 600 east collapsed. No one was injured. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linnsburg | $5,000 | Several reports from dispatch of trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across the eastern portion of the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mace | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Whitesville | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Smartsburg | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Beckville | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Crawfordsville | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ames | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| New Ross | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Log Cabin Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 9 |
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 Linnsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6554631 | 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 437967. 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.