BlockMilan Center, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Milan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46774. The Survey maps it on the Grabill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grabill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Grabill quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,091 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880; Valley of the Upper Maumee River, with Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Milan Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Milan Township - 3,091 words.
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 Milan Center: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodburn Stone Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan Center in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF3) | Milan Center | - | The tornado touched down roughly 1/4 mile northeast of the intersection of Doty Road and Roberts Road in a crop field. The tornado tracked generally in a northeasterly direction causing extensive structural damage to homes, barns, trees, and crops throughout the entirety of the path. A poorly anchored home was wiped off its foundation (DI: FR12 DOD: 9). A two-story barn, anchored with re-bar bolts, was leveled and the debris carried upwards of a quarter mile northeast of the original location. One vehicle in the barn was pulled out and severely damaged with two others parked nearby suffering damage from debris. A combine was mangled on the property, with a small dump truck thrown and bent as well as a Lincoln Town Car carried over a quarter mile and dropped into a field. Drone footage showed extensive scouring of corn and a well defined path that extended for several miles. Maximum winds are estimated at 160 mph. The vehicle and farm equipment being carried or twisted may warrant higher speeds, but there are presently no Damage Indicators to rate these. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Milan Center | - | A survey of damage confirmed a circulation touched down within a larger area of straight line winds near the intersection of Graber and Maysville Roads. Several trees were damaged ranging from broken limbs to uprooting at the touchdown point. The tornado continued northeast where several pole barns and smaller structures were damaged with the severity ranging from moderate roof and wall damage to being destroyed. Power lines and poles were also blown down in a few locations. While the damage swath was roughly a half mile wide, much of this was from wind damage with the actual circulation was within a 150 yard wide area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cuba | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Thurman | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Harlan | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bluecast | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Grabill | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hacienda Village | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Woodburn | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 439133. 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.