BlockBraysville, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47060. It stands on Crane Run. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Harrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Harrison township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Fired On Own Comrades
An unfortunate loss of life occurred at the Hardintown school house that evening, causing the loss of five men killed, one mortally wounded and eighteen wounded more or less seriously. The account herewith is the re¬ port of W. H. H. Terrell, who at that time was the adjutant-general of Indiana :
In the county-history sources
3,069 words on this townshipHistory of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Harrison Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Harrison Township - 3,069 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Braysville in 2004, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Braysville: 4 producers, 3 plants, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Fork Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Harrison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harrison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Harrison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harrison Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Kilby Road No. 713 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New Trenton Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whitewater Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| West Harrison | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Leon | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bright | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Dover | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Yorkville | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| New Alsace | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Guilford | 8.6 miles | 17 |
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 Braysville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4958568 | 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 431459. 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.
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.