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Woodruff Place, Indiana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46201. It stands on Pogues Run. The Survey maps it on the Indianapolis West quadrangle.

Woodruff Place within Marion County

On record in Woodruff Place

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 19 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Woodruff Place: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kentucky Ave Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mallory Metallurgical/ IndianapolisTungstenPast Producer
Fluorite Occurrence Number 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence Number 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Ace Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ok Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R.L. Schutt Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shannon Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Standard Materials Corp S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodruff Place in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009LightningWoodruff Place1 hurt, $1,000The NBC affiliate in Indianapolis reported that a man was struck by lightning as he and his son were walking from the car to the house, which was located in the 400 block of South Butler Avenue. A nearby tree was also struck and destroyed. The man was rushed to Wishard Hospital, where he was expected to recover.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$2,500,000Extensive tree and powerline damage caused by thunderstorm wind gusts across the county. Over 57000 power outages caused by the storm within the county.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$75,000A building at the corner of Washington Street and Ritter Avenue in the Irvington area was completely destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$25,000Several reports of medium to large tree branches blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts across the eastern portions of Indianapolis. A large tree was also blown down near 10th street.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$15,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed power lines and a large tree.
August 2016Tornado (EF0)Woodruff Place$15,000This EF-0 tornado, with maximum wind speeds estimated at 80 mph, caused windows to be blown out of a home near the intersection of 25th and LaSalle Streets. A building on Stanton Street sustained roof damage. Some tree branches were downed as well.
June 2021Flash FloodWoodruff Place$2,000Video received via social media showing water flowing over a road in Irvington.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$1,000One inch hail also reported at the same time as the estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2020LightningWoodruff Place$1,000An 18 inch tree was downed due to a lightning strike.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$500Several small branches were downed by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$200Tree branches were reported down with power flickering off and on due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The wind gusts in this area were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2021HailWoodruff Place-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
City of Indianapolis (balance)0.9 miles19
Indianapolis1.7 miles19
Brightwood (historical)2.1 miles17
Clifford Park (historical)2.3 miles17
Irvington2.9 miles17
Benton House2.9 miles17
Sunnyview3.3 miles17
North Indianapolis3.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 449542. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.