BlockPetroleum, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Nottingham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46778. It stands on Bills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Petroleum quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Petroleum quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petroleum in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2004: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Petroleum | $5,000 | This tornado touched down briefly in Wells county just east of Petroleum. An NWS areal survey found F0 damage occurred along a 1 mile path about 100 yards wide mainly to trees. Two small outbuildings were also damaged. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | Law enforcement reported trees down near Petroleum. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Reiffsburg | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Phenix | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Domestic | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Poneto | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Greenville | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wellsburg | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Keystone | 5.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441064. 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.