BlockTeegarden, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46574. The Survey maps it on the Walkerton quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Walkerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Walkerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,939 words on this townshipHistory of Indiana : Containing a History of Indiana and Biographical Sketches of Governors and Other Leading Men. Also a Statement of the Growth and Prosperity of Marshall County, Together with a Personal and Family Histry of Many of Its Citizens, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Polk Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Polk Township - 4,939 words.
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Teegarden in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flood | Teegarden | $1,200,000 | Damage occurred to several roads as a result of the record flooding from the Yellow River and associated drainage basin. Many county roads were closed for a period of time with even State Routes 30, 331 and 6 being impacted by flood waters. Nearly every town in the county suffered damage from the flood waters with Plymouth, Argos and Bremen suffering the most damage. Evacuations were necessary in some areas with water rescues due to rapid rise in the rivers. Preliminary damage estimates exceed 1.2 million dollars. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teegarden | $1,000 | EM reported trees across road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teegarden | - | Spotty tree and power line damage across northern Marshall County. US 6 is closed in places due to debris on the road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teegarden | - | Trees down. Road closed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teegarden | - | The public reported tree limbs were blown down with one tree uprooted. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teegarden | - | A trained spotter reported a two foot diameter, apparently healthy tree was uprooted. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Teegarden | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Paz | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Tyner | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| La Paz Junction | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Harris | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Linkville | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Donaldson | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lake of the Woods | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Plymouth | 9.1 miles | 11 |
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 Teegarden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7694207 | 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 444620. 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.