BlockPlano, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ashland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46151. It lies near Shumaker Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Paragon quadrangle. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Paragon quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Paragon quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
6,851 words on this townshipCounties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Ashland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Ashland Township - 6,851 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Plano: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Cave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plano in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Plano | $10,000 | The second tornado touched down at approximately 1:30 PM EDT, 1.5 miles southeast of the town of Eminence along County Road 500N, just east of the Craver Road / SR42 bend in Morgan County. This tornado was rated EF1 with peak winds estimated at 94 mph that uprooted numerous trees and destroyed one barn. This second tornado lifted at 1:31 PM EDT after traveling approximately three tenths of a mile. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbamount | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eminence | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wakeland | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Zion Corner | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Little Point | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hall | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Crown Center | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wilbur | 6.2 miles | 14 |
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 Plano | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7201397 | 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 441226. 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.