BlockBrewersville, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sand Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47265. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Butlerville quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Butlerville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Brewersville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Vernon Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewersville in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewersville | $60,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds caused damage along Base Road from County Road 575 North to County Road 850 North, and to the northeast from that area. Several large trees were uprooted while winds downed power lines, broke off power poles, and bent flagpoles to the ground. Residences were impacted, as well as a plant farm where winds leveled a greenhouse and ripped plastic off of 2 others. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewersville | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Brewersville | $5,000 | Flooding occurred in Jennings County due to heavy rain. Several county roads were closed in Jennings County. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewersville | - | Trees were reported down 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensville | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oakdale | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Vernon | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Scipio | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Country Squire Lakes | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Butlerville | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Vernon | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tannersville | 7.2 miles | 12 |
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 Brewersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4962687 | 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 431498. 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.