BlockSexton, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46173. The Survey maps it on the Mays quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Mays quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
12,146 words on this townshipHistory of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Center Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Center Township - 12,146 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 Sexton: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bells Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sexton in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton | $50,000 | Multiple trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts at 2 nearby homes. At one home the roof was partially lifted. A shed was also blown into a nearby field with the large lawnmower pushed downwind. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton | $15,000 | A pole barn was destroyed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton | $12,000 | A semi overturned on State Route 3 due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton | $5,000 | Several trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts along with damage to a tool shed. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton | $1,500 | Several large tree limbs were down near State Road 3 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Sexton | - | Roadways were covered with hail. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Sexton | - | Three-quarter inch diameter hail was reported at Sexton. Seven miles north of Rushville one-half inch diameter hail covered the ground to a depth of six to seven inches. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Sexton | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Sexton | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 443229. 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.