BlockTefft, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kankakee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46392. The Survey maps it on the San Pierre quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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
- 1959 USGS San Pierre quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tefft in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tefft | - | A wind gust to 61 mph was measured via a mobile weather station at SR 10 and CR 400E. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tefft | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunns Bridge | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wheatfield | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Asphaltum | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Stoutsburg | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Laura | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Baileys Corner | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kniman | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kersey | 9.7 miles | 12 |
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 Tefft | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7694626 | 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 444624. 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.