BlockWest Dana, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Helt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47847. The Survey maps it on the Scottland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1947 USGS Ridge Farm quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Scottland quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Scottland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Scottland quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,817 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana : Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each; a Condensed History of the State of Indiana; Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Vermillion County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of the County and Its Villages, published 1888; History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana : with Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Helt Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Helt Township - 4,817 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Dana in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | West Dana | $10,000 | Highway 71 in and around Dana flooded due to heavy rainfall and was under two to three feet of water. In addition to Dana area flooding there were numerous streets in Clinton flooded by Feather Creek overflowing its banks. Some evacuations were reported in Clinton. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445734. 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.