BlockBrimfield, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Orange Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46794. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
On record in Brimfield
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 1 record
- Brimfield School No. 2listed 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne 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 Brimfield: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taggert Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brimfield in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brimfield | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down on County Road 500 North, east of County Road 300 East. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brimfield | - | EM reports power lines down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brimfield | - | Numerous large trees down in area. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brimfield | - | Large tree limbs were reported to be blocking a roadway. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brimfield | - | Emergency management officials reported a small barn was pushed over and destroyed. A nearby tree was snapped and home suffered some minor gutter damage. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brimfield | - | Emergency management officials reported pockets of damage at a residence from straight line winds. West facing barn doors were pushed in, with some damage to the barn. Several trees and tree limbs were down on the property as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome City | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Albion | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cosperville | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wawaka | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wolcottville | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bakertown | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Port Mitchell | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Kendallville | 7.1 miles | 11 |
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 Brimfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4968113 | 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 431529. 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.