BlockRedkey, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47373. It stands on Redkey Run. The Survey maps it on the Redkey quadrangle. 1,100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
On record in Redkey
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Redkey Historic Districtlisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresRedkey fell from 1,353 to 1,100 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,353 | |
| 2020 | 1,100 | -253 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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
- 1960 USGS Redkey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
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 Redkey: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview-Meshberger Bros. Ston | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redkey in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Redkey | $200,000 | Emergency management reported county road 250 W 500 N washed out by flash flooding east of Redkey. 60 homes had some damage. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Redkey | $150,000 | A tornado touched down south of CR W 800 S and west of SR 1,|crossing the road and snapping 3 power poles. On the northern|edge, a barn suffered door damage, a few downed trees and damage|to a greenhouse. The tornado moved NE, crossing W 800 S and|causing roof damage to a home as well as some tree damage on a|few properties. As it was passing northwest of the intersection|of CR W 800 S and S 700 W, it caused roof damage to the roof of a|pole barn with debris being carried roughly 350 yards to the|east. The final damage was noted at 2 animal barns on S 600 W|where roof lost was noted, the most extensive being on the west|side of S 600 W where the metal roofing was carried into an|adjacent field. No damage was noted beyond this area. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redkey | $100,000 | Emergency management officials indicated that extensive tree damage was noted southwest of Redkey along State Route 67, from the Jay/Delaware county line northeast to just southwest of Redkey. Several trees were reported uprooted or snapped on State Route 67 as well as surrounding county roads. A residence in the 11000 block of West County Road 600 South reported roof damage and a hole in the house from debris. Also at the intersection of County Road 1150 West and 700 South, 5 power poles were broken and the lines dragged into a corn field. There was signs of some tree top damage and portion of a corn field was smashed over with no corn standing in some areas. While it is possible there could have been a brief circulation in the area, the damage from the downburst winds was more extensive. Damage is estimated at $100,000. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redkey | $20,000 | Powerlines down and trees down at 400 S and State Road 1, north of Redkey. |
| August 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Redkey | $2,500 | The tornado briefly crossed into Jay county from Delaware county, before dissipating. Before lifting, the tornado destroyed a garage 3 tenths of a mile south of the intersection of State Route 67 and County Road 1250W. No injuries were reported and no damage estimates were available. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redkey | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports large pine tree down. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Redkey | - | Broadcast media shared a report of 1.75 inch hail. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redkey | - | Local police officials reported a few trees blown down in Redkey. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redkey | - | Trees down. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Redkey | - | Golfball size hail was reported at Redkey by State Police and at Como by an ambulance driver |
| May 2005 | Hail | Redkey | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Redkey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2702125 | 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 441834. 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.