BlockOctagon, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47906. The Survey maps it on the Brookston SW quadrangle. It stands 755 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brookston SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Octagon in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Octagon | $700,000 | Thunderstorm winds flattened two structures to their basements. Roofs were blown off of several other structures near the junction of Benton, Tippecanoe and White Counties. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Octagon | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Octagon | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was observed in this location. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Octagon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Montmorenci | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Klondike | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Old Halfway | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Crumb Corner | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Green Meadows | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bar-Barry Heights | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Village | 6.4 miles | 18 |
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 Octagon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988872 | 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 440499. 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.