BlockRigdon, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46036. The Survey maps it on the Point Isabel quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 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 Point Isabel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
2,978 words on this townshipHistory of Grant County, Indiana, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Green Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Green Township - 2,978 words.
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rigdon in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Rigdon | $1,000 | Video on X shows hail ranging from dime-size to quarter-size. Hail duration was 5 minutes. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Rigdon | - | 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 Rigdon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7333385 | 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 442008. 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.