BlockBridgeton, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Raccoon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47836. It lies near Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the Catlin quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
On record in Bridgeton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 8 records
Bridgeton Bridgelisted 1978
Conley's Ford Bridgelisted 1978
Crooks Bridgelisted 1978
Jeffries Ford Bridgelisted 1978
McAllister Bridgelisted 1978
Neet Bridgelisted 1978
Nevins Bridgelisted 1978- Bridgeton Historic Districtlisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1952 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeton: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Coal, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Clay Sales Pit | Coal, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| C & F Shale Pit 2 | Clay | Producer | ||
| S.L. Turner Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeton in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeton | $125,000 | Thunderstorm straight line winds damaged a garage in the Bridgeton community and a small barn and large shed on Mansfield Road, with a couple trees onto houses, and Indiana Route 59 closed from downed trees and power poles. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeton | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down just southeast of Bridgeton due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Bridgeton | - | The National Weather Service survey team has determined an EF-0 tornado struck near Bridgeton in Parke County. This tornado had wind speeds of near 80 mph cutting a path 0.4 miles long and 30 yards wide. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bridgeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Superior | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Walton (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Diamond | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Smockville | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Minshall | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jessup | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mansfield | 4.5 miles | 16 |
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 Bridgeton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4966764 | 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 431520. 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.