BlockLoree, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46914. The Survey maps it on the Bunker Hill quadrangle. It stands 817 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.
- 1951 USGS Bunker Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Bunker Hill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Loree: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Stone & Gravel Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loree in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Loree | - | Miami County emergency management provided a video of the developing tornado northeast of Bunker Hill. The NWS received reports of damage the tornado path from emergency management. Most of the damage occurred in the vicinity of E County Road 550 South. Near the beginning of the tornado path, shingle and siding damage occurred at a residence with a fence also blown down. A TV tower was also bent halfway up. Additional shingle and siding damage occurred at a residence as the tornado crossed E County Road 550 South. Additional tree damage included tree trunks snapped near the end of the tornado path just to the north of E County Road 550 South. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Loree | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGrawsville | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bunker Hill | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Miami | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Santa Fe | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| New Santa Fe | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Oakley | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wawpecong | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bennetts Switch | 5.1 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 Loree | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6680291 | 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 438308. 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.