BlockOak Forest, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47012. It stands on Long Acres Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brookville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Brookville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brookville quadrangle1:24000, 3 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 Oak Forest: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Highway Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Forest in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Oak Forest | 2 killed, $200,000 | Wolf Creek rose six feet out of its banks and caused widespread flash flooding along Wolf Creek Road. Two people were killed when a small cabin they were staying in was washed away. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Oak Forest | $100,000 | A vehicle was washed off a roadway along Blue Creek Road. The rushing water also caused road and culvert damage. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Forest | $2,000 | Two trees were knocked down on Winn Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngs Corner | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Marys | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Yellow Bank | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Stavetown | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Tree Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Brookville | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Peppertown | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Klemmes Corner | 4.8 miles | 9 |
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 Oak Forest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15694154 | 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 440397. 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.