BlockMorris, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47006. The Survey maps it on the Batesville quadrangle. It stands 984 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Morris: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville Clay Mine & Plant | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morris in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were downed and one mobile home was also damaged. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $5,000 | Trees knocked down across the northern half of the county. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $1,000 | A large tree was downed on North Adams Church Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Morris | - | High water was reported between Batesville and Sunman. |
| December 2021 | Flood | Morris | - | Water was reported over Delaware Road, in the vicinity of 1150 North. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Morris | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Spades | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ballstown | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Penntown | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sunman | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clinton | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Behlmer Corner | 5.5 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 Morris | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6913565 | 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 439444. 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.