BlockLucerne, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46950. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. It stands 797 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
- 1960 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
815 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Indiana, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Harrison Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Harrison Township - 815 words.
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucerne in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucerne | $20,000 | Numerous 6 inch trees were blown down from Royal Center to Lucerne. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucerne | $7,500 | Barn roof damaged. Pieces of sheet metal torn off. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucerne | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs near Lucerne. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucerne | - | Law enforcement reported trees down near Lucerne. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lucerne | - | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Hail | Lucerne | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leases Corner | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Verona | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Metea | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Royal Center | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dunkirk | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Logansport | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kenneth | 8.2 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 Lucerne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6696482 | 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 438390. 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.