BlockBefore

Switzerland County, Indiana

49 topographic sheets cover 23 settlements here, and 9 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

9 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Indiana within the United States
Switzerland County within Indiana

What the record shows

  • 258 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 9 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings and 1 district.
  • 2 of the 9 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 23 populated places in this county; 23 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

9

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Edward and George Cary Eggleston Housebuilding197373000046
Merit-Tandy Farmsteadbuilding197777000021
Old Hoosier Theatrebuilding198282000077
Benjamin Schenck Mansionbuilding200202001174
Switzerland County Courthousebuilding200909000435
Thiebaud Farmsteadbuilding200404000629
Venoge Farmsteadbuilding199796001539
Vevay Historic Districtdistrict2019100004722
Thomas T. Wright Housebuilding198080000066

Storms, 1956 to 2026

60 of 183 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 183 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 41 injuries and about $21,514,550 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind99
Flash Flood32
Hail31
Flood11
Tornado10

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Thunderstorm WindFairview1 killed, $25,000An 11 year old girl was fatally injured when a healthy tree was downed and fell on a cabin at Camp Livingston. The tree was possibly struck by lightning.
December 2021FloodMarkland1 killed, $20,000A vehicle was swept away while driving through a low a water crossing along Bud Ballard Road, resulting in one fatality. F55VE.
April 1974Tornado (F4)not stated40 hurtno account filed
November 1992Tornado (F4)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
September 2022Flash FloodAvonburg$18,000,000Eight to 10 inches of rain over a few hour period caused significant flash flooding over portions of western Switzerland County. Numerous creeks and streams were out of their banks. The hardest hit areas were in the vicinity of Bennington and along Indian Creek, where several county bridges were heavily damaged and a couple of bridges were washed out. Significant damage occurred to numerous homes along Indian Creek with trees also downed by the flowing water and roadways along the creek washed out in places.
March 2024Tornado (EF1)Vevay Robinson Arpt$250,000The tornado first developed in Jefferson County, Indiana, at 1258EST, on the north side of Hanover. The tornado moved east across the Ohio River into Trimble County, Kentucky, and then into Carroll County, Kentucky, before crossing the Ohio River again and moving back into Jefferson County, Indiana. The tornado continued east and entered Switzerland County at 1318EST. ||While in Switzerland County, the tornado damaged three barns along Green Valley Road. All the barns sustained significant roof panel damage. Some trees were also uprooted and numerous other trees were topped and snapped. The tornado continued east and caused widespread tree damage on the north hillside along State Route 56. The tornado did extensive power pole and powerline damage, along with tree damage, near the intersection of Patton Hollow Road and State Route 56. Wind speeds were estimated to be 90 mph here with a tornado width of 150 yards. From here, the tornado moved out of Switzerland County at 1322EST as it crossed the Ohio River for a third time, going back into Carroll County, Kentucky. Once in Carroll County, the tornado quickly weakened and ended at 1324EST, 2 miles east of Carrollton.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Antioch$90,000The tornado touched down near State Route 250 and Antioch Road. The tornado traveled to the northeast across Devers Road and toward North Branch Road before lifting near North Branch Road. Three barns were destroyed and two roofs were blown off of residences due to the tornado.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindVevay$50,000no account filed
August 2022Flash FloodQuercus Grove$30,000A portion of Lower Grants Creek Road was washed out near Oatman Hill Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPatriot$30,000A mobile home collapsed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindFlorence$25,000A car was overturned and there was significant structural damage in the 14000 block of Bethel Ridge Road. The damage was consistent with winds in the 65 to 85 mph range.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFlorence$20,000About 20 trees were downed along State Route 156, east of Florence.
April 2005HailVevay$20,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMoorefield$20,000no account filed
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPatriot$15,000Damage to several trees and buildings was reported.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPatriot$15,000A building sustained uplift of the roof deck and loss of roof covering material.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCenter Square$15,000A barn and several trees were knocked down along Florence Hill Road. One inch hail occurred in Center Square.
January 2005Flash FloodCountywide$15,000Several roads were washed out by the heavy rains.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFlorence$10,000A few trees were downed and a roof was blown off of a mobile home.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPatriot$10,000Structures lost some shingles and a building had an uplift of a metal roof covering.
April 2017Flash FloodVevay$10,000A road was closed and water was reported in the lower levels of homes in Vevay.
August 2016FloodBraytown$10,000A mudslide closed State Route 56 from Green Valley Road to Spring Branch Road.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindPleasant$10,000Trees were downed across the county.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Numerous trees were knocked down across the county and a barn roof was blown off in Patriot.
January 2000Flash FloodEast Enterprise$10,000Heavy rainfall caused Log Lick road to be closed.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindPatriot$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and blew a trampoline into a pickup truck.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Numerous trees and power lines downed.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Numerous trees and power lines downed.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindBennington$10,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindVevay$8,000Several trees were downed on the east side of Vevay, primarily along Ohio Street and East Seminary Street.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindEast Enterprise$8,000Several trees and powerlines were downed. One home also sustained roof damage.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCountywide$8,000Several large tree limbs were knocked down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$8,000Numerous trees were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$8,000Trees were knocked down, including one that fell on a house in Vevay, producing minor structural damage.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindEast Enterprise$7,000An RV was flipped over on its side. A barn was destroyed along State Route 250.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFlorence$6,000A garage sustained roof damage on Bethel Ridge Road. Also, a few small trees were knocked down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindJacksonville$5,000Several trees and power poles were downed along Fairview Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFlorence$5,000Several trees were downed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Square$5,000Numerous trees were downed across western portions of Switzerland County.
July 2014Flash FloodJacksonville$5,000Four vehicles were washed away at a residence due to flash flooding from heavy rain. Twelve roads were also closed across the county due to high water.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindVevay$5,000Trees and power lines were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000Several large tree limbs were knocked down.
May 2001Flash FloodEast Enterprise$5,000Flooding occurred across State Route 250 due to heavy rainfall.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000Trees knocked down.
February 2000Flash FloodFlorence$5,000Water flooded across State Route 156 near the Markland Dam.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindVevay$5,000Trees down around Vevay and near Markland Dam.
August 2000Flash FloodCountywide$5,000Heavy rainfall caused roads across the county to be flooded.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000Numerous trees and power poles down.
April 1994Thunderstorm Windnot stated$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 129 at Morefield.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindPleasant$5,000Power lines and trees were downed.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindVevay$5,000no account filed
August 2007HailMoorefield$5,000no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindVevay$5,000no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodCountywide$5,000no account filed
April 1996Flash FloodVevay$5,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPleasant$4,000A tree was downed onto power lines.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindVevay$4,000Several trees were reported down across the county due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEast Enterprise$4,000Four trees were downed.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPleasant$4,000Trees and power lines were downed.

Mines and quarries

3 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 3 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction2
Stone, Crushed/Broken1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tri-County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patriot Aggregate PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Switzerland Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every populated place in the county

23

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • 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.