BlockAvonburg, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47011. The Survey maps it on the Cross Plains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Avonburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avonburg in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Avonburg | $18,000,000 | Eight 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. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avonburg | $3,000 | Trees were downed along Waterloo Road. A portion of State Route 129 near the Ripley County line was also block by a downed tree. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avonburg | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Route 250 in Pleasant Township due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Aaron | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bennington | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Moorefield | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jacksonville | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Allensville | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Sterling | 8.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430360. 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.