BlockPhilomath, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brownsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47325. The Survey maps it on the Brownsville 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 Brownsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Philomath in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2011 | Flood | Philomath | $1,000 | Several roads across the county were reported closed due to flooding caused by heavy rain. |
| May 2014 | Flood | Philomath | - | Runoff from farm fields due to heavy rainfall deposited piles of corn stalks up to a foot deep across County Line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankee Town | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hopeville | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Clifton | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brownsville | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Witts Station | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kitchel | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 8.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441093. 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.