BlockTempleton, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bolivar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47971. The Survey maps it on the Templeton quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Templeton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Templeton in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Templeton | $50,000 | The tornado heavily damaged an outbuilding with several wood projectiles from the building stuck into a nearby garage roof. Debris from the outbuilding was lofted at least three miles downstream. Another outbuilding was heavily damaged and multiple trees were blown down or snapped. Maximum winds were estimated to be 95 mph. The tornado continued into White County (NWS Northern Indiana). |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Templeton | $5,000 | Several utility poles were blown down. |
| April 2026 | Heavy Rain | Templeton | - | A personal weather station recorded 2.4 inches of storm total rainfall east of Oxford through 7:15 PM EST, 2.36 of which fell between 6:00 and 7:15 PM. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Templeton | - | A tree was blown down across S 600 E. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Templeton | - | A tornado touched down in an open field near County Roads 500S and 600E. The tornado was on the ground for about a half mile and was captured on video. There was no reported damage. |
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.
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 Templeton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7698818 | 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 444630. 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.