BlockBretzville, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47542. The Survey maps it on the Saint Anthony quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Saint Anthony quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Saint Anthony quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
466 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
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 Jackson Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bretzville in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretzville | $15,000 | The Dubois County emergency manager reported to the NWS that severe thunderstorm winds brought down power lines in the area. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretzville | - | A large tree was blocking State Road 64, just west of Bretzville. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretzville | - | The public reported trees down across Highway 64. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretzville | - | The public reported a tree down across Highway 64. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretzville | - | The local emergency manager reported three 18 inch diameter trees down next to Indiana 162. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Bretzville | - | An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-2 tornado with wind speeds of 115-120 mph touched down near Bretzville. It then tracked to the northeast, ending north of Saint Anthony. A large number of trees were snapped and uprooted. Several barns and outbuildings were destroyed along the path as well. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bretzville | - | Local law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of State Roads 64 and 162. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bretzville | - | Local broadcast media reported that 3.3 inches of rain was measured in less than two hours in Bretzville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Anthony | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Marks | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Maltersville | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Huntingburg | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Kyana | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ferdinand | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Henry | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Schnellville | 6.8 miles | 13 |
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 Bretzville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4962496 | 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 431491. 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.