BlockWaugh, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46075. The Survey maps it on the Rosston quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1953 USGS Rosston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Rosston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,059 words on this townshipEarly Life and Times in Boone County Indiana, published 1861 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Marion Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Marion Township - 1,059 words.
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waugh in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Waugh | $10,000 | Brief tornado touched down in Boone County Monday morning. There was a narrow swath of damage stretching to near County Roads 1100 and 1200 East. Just across 900 East from the corn damage...a swath of tree and barn damage...roughly 50 to 75 yards wide...was found. The tornado continued down 300 North with minor damage near a cemetery and more extensive tree damage near a home just east of the cemetery. A barn was shifted off of its foundation and a tree was blown onto a house further east. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waugh | - | Thunderstorm winds were clocked at 59 MPH by automated equipment at the Indianapolis Executive Airport, located on the northern outskirts of Indianapolis. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Waugh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rosston | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gadsden | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Northfield | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Elizaville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Terhune | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Allens Acres | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Whitestown | 6.4 miles | 18 |
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 Waugh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7975134 | 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 445562. 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.