BlockPickard, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46050. The Survey maps it on the Kirklin quadrangle. It stands 928 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
- 1961 USGS Kirklin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,334 words on this townshipCombination Atlas Map of Clinton County, Indiana, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sugar Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sugar Creek Township - 1,334 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pickard in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickard | - | A 51 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured north of Pickard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scircleville | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kirklin | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hillisburg | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Boyleston | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cyclone | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Michigantown | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Forest | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Avery | 11.2 miles | 9 |
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 Pickard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7190752 | 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 441098. 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.