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.
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.
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SULPHUR VALLEY |
| 2 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CHERRY |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BEARD CEMETARY FIRE |
| 13 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BRISTOW-ST MEINRAD |
| 10 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWER BRANCH |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BRISTOW |
| 8 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | COPPER HILL |
| 8 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BRISTOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Bristow | $300,000 | An 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | $200,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2014 | Hail | Bristow | $10,000 | A portion of a line of storms brought quarter sized hail and winds that toppled a large tree onto a house. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Bristow | - | A report come in via eSpotter of hail lasting for about 8 minutes. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | Several homes in Bristow had wind damage, including the loss of siding. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | Several trees were toppled near Bristow. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | A spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Bristow | - | Sections of State Highway 145 north of Bristow were closed due to high water. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Bristow | - | 3/4 inch hail covered the ground |
| February 2014 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranger | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sassafras | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Adyeville | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Josephs Shrine | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Apalona | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Kitterman Corners | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Terry | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bandon | 6.4 miles | 14 |
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 Bristow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197771 | 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 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.






