BlockScipio, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47016. It stands on Phillips Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reily quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Reily quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Reily quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scipio in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | Flood | Scipio | - | High water was reported over Dickson Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Carmel | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sharptown | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Drewersburg | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rockdale | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Raymond | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Palestine | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ashby (historical) | 6.1 miles | 13 |
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 Scipio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7434012 | 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 443125. 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.