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Bristow, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47515. It stands on Maggity Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bristow quadrangle. It stands 410 feet above sea level.

Bristow within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bristow between 1995 and 2014, burning about 123 acres 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
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2004Debris and open burning3.6 acresHoosier National ForestSULPHUR VALLEY
2 July 2012Smokingunder an acreHoosier National ForestCHERRY
6 April 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresHoosier National ForestBEARD CEMETARY FIRE
13 April 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestBRISTOW-ST MEINRAD
10 April 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestPOWER BRANCH
1 April 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBRISTOW
8 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCOPPER HILL
8 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresHoosier National ForestBRISTOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bristow in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1997Tornado (F1)Bristow$300,000An F1 tornado cut a 15 mile path across north central Perry county. The hardest hit areas were Apalona and Branchville. 2 mobile homes were destroyed in Apalona, and numerous roofs were lifted off houses in Branchville. Also, numerous trees were blown down with twisting evident on photographs sent by local DES.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindBristow$200,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a home in Leopold. In the Ashland Road area, winds destroyed a farm building housing several tractors and other farm equipment. Winds also downed numerous trees.
July 2014HailBristow$10,000A portion of a line of storms brought quarter sized hail and winds that toppled a large tree onto a house.
March 2011HailBristow-A report come in via eSpotter of hail lasting for about 8 minutes.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBristow-Several homes in Bristow had wind damage, including the loss of siding.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBristow-Several trees were toppled near Bristow.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBristow-A spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. Large tree limbs were blown down.
February 2008Flash FloodBristow-Sections of State Highway 145 north of Bristow were closed due to high water.
April 1999HailBristow-3/4 inch hail covered the ground
February 2014HailBristow-no account filed
May 2009HailBristow-no account filed
March 2006HailBristow-no account filed
April 2004HailBristow-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBristow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ranger3.6 miles14
Sassafras3.7 miles14
Adyeville4.3 miles16
Saint Josephs Shrine4.5 miles16
Apalona4.8 miles14
Kitterman Corners5.8 miles14
Terry5.9 miles14
Bandon6.4 miles14

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 BristowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21197771The 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 450712. 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.

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.