BlockMontclair, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46149. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
15,349 words on this townshipHistory of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Union Township covers description, pioxeek settlement, lizton, business and cnurcues, political history, township officials.
Read the chapter on Union Township - 15,349 words.
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montclair in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Montclair | $5,000 | The intersection of State Road 236 and County Road 400 North experienced flash flooding due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montclair | $3,000 | Multiple power poles were downed at the intersection of State Route 236 and County Road 500 North due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Police and Fire departments responded. The wind and rain was strong, but no wind speed was reported. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montclair | $1,000 | A two foot diameter, healthy tree was uprooted near the intersection of State Route 236 and County Road 400 West due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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.
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 Montclair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15255434 | 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 439352. 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.