BlockWawpecong, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46901. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle. It stands 856 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Miami quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wawpecong in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wawpecong | $150,000 | Emergency management officials reported a hog barn was destroyed in the 5000 block of State Road 18. None of the hogs in the barn were injured. Damage is estimated at around $150,000. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Wawpecong | $1,000 | Video on Facebook shows hail, ranging from dime to quarter-size. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Wawpecong | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Wawpecong | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennetts Switch | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| McGrawsville | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Miami | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Grove | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Loree | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Fe | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Amboy | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bunker Hill | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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 Wawpecong | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7975634 | 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 445571. 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.