BlockWheatonville, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47613. The Survey maps it on the Elberfeld quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Elberfeld quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
92 words on this townshipWarrick and Its Prominent People : a History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Greer Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Greer Township - 92 words.
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheatonville in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Wheatonville | $80,000 | The tornado touched down along Indiana Route 57 at Wheatonville, damaging signs. The tornado continued moving east-northeast across open farmland before reaching Indiana Route 68. Large trees were down along the entire damage path. Utility poles were snapped off along Route 68 about ten feet from the base. The tornado then crossed into Gibson County in sparsely populated farm country and woodlands in the Pigeon Creek bottoms. A path of damage consisting of broken tree tops was visible in the bottomlands. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. The average path width was 75 yards. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatonville | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down along Highways 57 and 58 in the extreme northwest part of the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elberfeld | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Rosebud | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Stanley | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Millersburg | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Jarretts | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Fisherville | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| Saint John | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lynnville | 8.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445880. 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.