BlockLovett, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lovett Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47265. The Survey maps it on the Hayden quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
On record in Lovett
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- James Covered Bridgelisted 2022
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hayden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
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 Lovett: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z74 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lovett in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Lovett | $50,000 | An EF1 tornado, with maximum winds estimated at up to 100 mph, destroyed a garage at a home on County Road 25 East. Debris strewn to the north and northeast and across the road. Several concrete anchors ripped out from the garage foundation. Trailer flipped and rolled 15 feet. Two cars pushed short distances, one with window blown out. Air conditioner moved on the west side of the adjacent house. Glass patio table tossed back south and damaged. Multiple trees and limbs twisted and downed. Second home on County Road 400 South sustained substantial loss of roofing including removal of all three dormers. Underside of roof of north facing front porch blown out with insulation debris caked on the north and east sides of the house. Wicker chair from front porch tossed to the left with two legs impaled into the windshield of a nearby SUV. This tornado occurred 4 miles south of North Vernon. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Lovett | $2,000 | The sheriff's office reported numerous issues with flash flooding in the southern half of Jennings County due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. The flood waters had receded by 930 AM EDT. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lovett | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commiskey | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Ridge | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Grayford | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Vernon | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hilltown | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Paris Crossing | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Paris | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Four Corners | 6.4 miles | 8 |
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 Lovett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6692519 | 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 438350. 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.