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Rockville, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47872. The Survey maps it on the Rockville quadrangle.

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Rockville within Parke County

On record in Rockville

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 12 of 14 shown

Every listing in Parke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rockville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Parke Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Parke County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockville in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRockville$150,000Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts on roads including including US 36 and IN 59. Over 4500 power outages caused by the storm.
April 2018Flash FloodRockville$20,000Numerous roads were closed due to flooding across the county from heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Flash flooding washed out several rural roads with debris left behind.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRockville$20,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindRockville$5,000Numerous trees down by thunderstorm wind gusts across Parke County.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRockville$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree over US 41 near Snake Hollow.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRockville$1,000Several 4 to 6 inch tree limbs were snapped near West Strawberry Road in Rockville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRockville$1,000The roof of a minibarn was blown off.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindRockville$500no account filed
October 2021Thunderstorm WindRockville-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured with a personal weather station.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRockville-Several trees of unknown size were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRockville-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph were observed in this location.
February 2011HailRockville-Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported in this location, along with gusty winds from a severe thunderstorm.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRockville-Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2007HailRockville-Hail ranging in diameter from pea to quarter size was reported by the emergency manager.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRockville-A large tree was downed.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Several trees were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Large limbs were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-A small tree was downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees and power lines were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees and large limbs were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees were downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-A few trees were downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindRockville-Several trees blown down.
March 2012HailRockville-no account filed
April 2006HailRockville-no account filed
May 2006HailRockville-no account filed
June 2006HailRockville-no account filed
May 2005HailRockville-no account filed
May 2004HailRockville-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodRockville-no account filed
May 2003HailRockville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
April 2002Flash FloodRockville-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
May 2001HailRockville-no account filed
May 2001HailRockville-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
April 1996HailRockville-no account filed
April 1996HailRockville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parke County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Billie Creek Village1.4 miles14
Leatherwood3.1 miles13
Nyesville3.3 miles14
Coloma3.8 miles13
Bradfield Corner4.2 miles15
Midway4.8 miles13
Catlin4.8 miles14
Arabia4.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 442226. 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.