BlockOswego, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Plain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46582. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
On record in Oswego
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
John Pound Storelisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1950 USGS Leesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Leesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Leesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oswego: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller's Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Leesburg Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oswego in 37 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | $100,000 | Trees down on mobile homes around Chapman Lake. Reported via Facebook. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | $40,000 | Large tree snapped at the base and fell onto N Kalorama Rd. A truck was crushed. A power pole was snapped. |
| July 2021 | Lightning | Oswego | $30,000 | Lightning strike caused structural fire that destroyed a garage and damaged a house. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | $10,000 | A 12 inch diameter maple tree snapped off and fell onto a garage and power lines. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | $10,000 | Two large trees at least 2 feet in diameter were snapped and hit the corner of a house. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | $1,000 | trees blown down in town. shed destroyed. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Oswego | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Wind gust estimated by off duty NWS employee. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Numerous trees downed around Tippecanoe Lake. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Numerous trees down. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Oswego | - | Several quarter size hailstones noted by off duty NWS employee amongst mainly pea to penny size hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Large branch split from a mostly healthy tree. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Large tree down on power lines on southeast side of Lake Tippecanoe. E County Road 650 N. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | An off duty NWS employee reported a large tree limb, over 2 feet in diameter, was blown down onto North County Road 300 East, south of East County Road 750 North. Rot was noted on the tree where it broke off. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Oswego | - | Hail to the size of dimes was observed by an off duty NWS employee. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | An off duty NWS employee estimated wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Broadcast media reported a large gazebo was blown over and damaged. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Several end segments of two center pivot irrigation systems were blown over and severely damaged. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Multiple trees and powerlines down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 65 mph with a wet microburst. Pea size hail was also observed. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Oswego | - | Reports of water on several roadways around Barbee Lake area. Some roads nearly impassable. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | An off duty NWS employee estimated wind gusts to 65 mph. |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Oswego | - | A survey of damage southwest of Oswego by a NWS Survey team revealed that a EF1 tornado produced damage along a roughly 1.7 mile path. Touchdown occurred in a harvested field southwest of the intersection of County Roads 450 North and 250 East. Several segments of a center pivot were flipped in this area. The tornado continued northeast crossing County Road 450 North, severely damaging 7 power poles, which were either snapped or bent at more than a 45 degree angle. One pole had 3 large transformers for the center pivot on it, with these being pushed on to the roadway. The tornado then impacted the Pines subdivision, northeast of 450 North and 250 East. Two to three dozen healthy pine trees between 30 and 50 feet tall were snapped or uprooted (DI: TS DOD: 4). One house was impacted on both sides with the roof being penetrated. Two vehicles had trees fall onto them, crushing them. The tornado moved through the remainder of the subdivision and adjacent properties with varying degrees of mainly roof and tree damage. The last noted damage involved a home on County Road 300 East, just south of Rader Road where moderate roof damage occurred and a narrow path of trees snapped in an adjacent wooded area. The tornado lifted shortly after this point prior to crossing Armstrong Road. Maximum wind speeds with the tornado are estimated at 95 mph. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | A off duty NWS employee reported a 12 inch diameter tree was twisted and split on the north side of Lake Tippecanoe. Other tree damage was found in the general area. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Half of the east facing side of a older barn roof was blown off into an field to the north. A center pivot irrigation system in the same field has 2 segments flipped. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Several pine trees and other varieties of trees were snapped just south of the Lake Tippecanoe Country Club. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Oswego | - | An off duty NWS employee reported penny size hail fell for about a minute. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | An off duty NWS employee reproted a healthy 12 to 18 inch diameter tree down at the intersection of County Roads 400 East and 750 North. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | An off duty NWS employee reported trees and power lines down at the Lake Tippecanoe Country Club. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | An off duty NWS employee reported a two foot diameter maple tree was down across County Road 650 North. Power lines were also down in the area. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Oswego | - | One inch hail with 55 to 60 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | A trained spotter reported a large tree being blown down blocking a cul-de-sac in Stanton Lakes Estates on the south side of Tippecanoe Lake. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Trees blown down. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oswego | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Ridge | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bell Rohr Park | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Point | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Glen | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Potawatomi Park | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kalorama Park | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Walker Park | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wa-Will-Away Park | 2.1 miles | 13 |
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 Oswego | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7108215 | 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 440727. 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.