BlockMax, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46052. It stands on Raccoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hazelrigg quadrangle. It stands 922 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
- 1961 USGS Hazelrigg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,889 words on this townshipEarly Life and Times in Boone County Indiana, published 1861; History of Boone County, Indiana : With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 6,889 words.
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Max in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Max | 2 hurt, $200,000 | At 1536EST, this EF-2 tornado touched down 3 miles southwest of Lebanon. The tornado tracked from southwest of Lebanon through an industrial area just west of Interstate 65 and State Route 39. The tornado crossed Interstate 65 near the State Route 39 interchange, Exit 139, and heavily damaged a Starbucks on the east side of the interchange. Several homes sustained damage in the neighborhood directly east-northeast of the Starbucks. The tornado lifted one mile south of Lebanon at 1542EST. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Max | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were downed near the intersection of County Roads 200 South and 500 West due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Max | - | Relayed via mPing. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Max | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dover | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hazel College | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hazelrigg | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Milledgeville | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| New Brunswick | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Jamestown | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lebanon | 6.5 miles | 11 |
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 Max | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6794480 | 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 438745. 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.