BlockLotus, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47353. It stands on Harold Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Fairfield quadrangle. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS New Fairfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Lotus: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Co. Hwy. Dept | Stone | Producer | ||
| Union County Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lotus in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 flood, 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lotus | $5,000 | A few telephone poles were downed on South Liberty Pike. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Lotus | - | Several roads remained closed across the county due to high water caused by earlier heavy rainfall. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Lotus | - | Several roads were closed across the county due to high water caused by heavy rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Grove | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Liberty | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Roseburg | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Goodwins Corner | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Billingsville | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| West College Corner | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kitchel | 5.1 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 Lotus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q26776973 | 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 438336. 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.