BlockNewland, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Barkley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47978. The Survey maps it on the Gifford quadrangle. It stands 686 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gifford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newland in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newland | - | A wind gust to 68.2 mph was measured at the intersection of Route 49 and County Road 255N. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newland | - | A trained spotter shared a photo of an anemometer readout with a peak wind gust of 85.9 mph near Route 49 and County Road 225 N. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gifford | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Baileys Corner | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Moody | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Laura | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Asphaltum | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Aix | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 8.0 miles | 8 |
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 Newland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7018313 | 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 440141. 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.