BlockWoodland, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46506. The Survey maps it on the Wyatt quadrangle. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wyatt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Wyatt quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,407 words on this townshipHistory of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Madison Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
German Lutheran. - This church, situated at Woodland, on section 15, was built in 1868. The first regular pastor was Pev. Conrad Schuster, of Bremen. Some of the first members of the Church were these: Adam Eader and wife, Adam Kiefter and wife, Leonard Jordan and wife, Joseph Meyer and wife, John Kelley and wife, Martin Slough and wife, John G. Kling and wife, Martin Saner and wife, George Kelley and wife, Mr. AVahl and wife, Michael Andrew and wife, and Mrs. Mary Fulmer. The present pastor is
Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.
Evangelical Vhurehes. - There are two Evangelical churches in the township, one situated on section 15, at Woodland, built by the Methodists, who held services there for a number of years, after which it was purchased by Fred Weber, Christopher Weigel and Fred Fassnacht, then members of the Evangelical Church. Since then that denomination has held services in it. Prior to the erection of the present church edifice, there was a log house on the same site, which was used for religious purposes. This building was the first church built in the township. The present pastor is Eev. F. Bolz, who is a resident of the township, and holds services there every other Sabbath. The congregation is small, numbering only about 16 members.
Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.
There is a small collection of houses in Madison .township on sees. 16, 16, 21 and 22, which is called Woodland. This little rural place was never laid out as a town, but a store was started here about 25 years ago by Martin Fink and Wm. Shenefleld, who continued running a sniail grocery store and keeping a little whisky - which was very common in those days - for about two years. At the end of that time they abandoned the business and a store was never opened until 1S77, by Mr. Maiming; this was run by Dr. Bishop, a practicing physician at the place. After a short time the store went into the hands of Adam Mochel and Fred Weber, who still have the place. A short time after the first store was opened, Conrad Kelley started a saloon, but continued only about three years; the same institution was then conducted by Michael Kettring for three or four years, until about the close of the war.
Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Madison Township - it names this place 10 more 10 times.
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodland in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Woodland | $20,000 | NWS storm survey confirms EF-1 tornado with path length 1 mile and maximum width of 100 yards. Estimated peak wind 100 mph. Duration 2 minutes. Many healthy trees were snapped or uprooted along the damage path and a barn lost its roof. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $10,000 | A 25 foot tall tree was downed. A stacked stone wall was impacted as well. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $10,000 | Trees down, large limbs and branches down. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Woodland | - | Storm total rain of 3.19 inches. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodland | - | Video footage indicated a separate wall cloud outside the parent |mesocyclone spawned a brief, thin tornado that touched down near the |intersection of Roosevelt Road and Hawthorne Trail. West facing barn |doors were slightly pushed in as the narrow circulation moved north |across the property with the only other damage noted occurring to |small branches on a nearby tree. The tornado moved north and impacted a outdoor screened structure, destroying it as well as removing siding and shingles from a detached garage. A resident was outside at the time the tornado struck and had to hold onto a beam as the wind hit. A dog was picked up a few feet off the ground and carried to the side of the home and placed down, unharmed. The tornado then lifted shortly after this, also supported by video footage. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | Large trees were blown down at the Ferrisville cemetery at the corner of Kern and US 331. Power lines were also down in the area. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | A trained spotter recorded a 64 mph wind gust. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | Tree limbs down on road. Two cars swerved to avoid limbs and ended up in a ditch. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | An off duty NWS employee reported scattered trees being blown down at the intersection of Dogwood and Kern Roads. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Woodland | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Tamarack Grange | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hi-View Addition | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Midway Corners | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Miami Trails Addition | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Orchard Heights Addition | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Crest Manor Addition | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Colburn | 4.9 miles | 11 |
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 Woodland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22059239 | 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 452840. 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.