BlockWitts Station, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47353. It stands on Witts Run. The Survey maps it on the Fairhaven quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1915 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fairhaven quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Witts Station in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Witts Station | $8,000 | A barn was destroyed. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Witts Station | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Witts Station | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kitchel | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Goodwins Corner | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Clifton | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hopeville | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Yankee Town | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lotus | 7.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446226. 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.