BlockPackerton, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46510. The Survey maps it on the North Manchester North 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS North Manchester North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,208 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Clay Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Dr. Vauglin was located within the present limits of Packerton several years before the survey. Dr. L. B. Bacon, an accomplished physician and surgeon, located in the village in the spring of 1886, and enjoys the principal business in his profession.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Packerton in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2010: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 1998 | Lightning | Packerton | $250,000 | A LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE PACKERTON FOREST PRODUCTS PLANT. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Packerton | - | Off duty NWS employees reported several tree limbs down near the intersection of County Road 800 South and County Farm Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Packerton | - | Off duty NWS Employees reported a power pole down as well as numerous tree limbs on Packerton Road, north of State Route 14. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Claypool | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kinsey | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Silver Lake | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wooster | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pierceton | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Winona Lake | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Warsaw | 8.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 440823. 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.