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Broadview, Indiana

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47403. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle.

Broadview within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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.

In the county-history sources

8,019 words on this township

1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Perry Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Perry Township - 8,019 words.

Fires near this place

72 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Broadview between 2003 and 2008, burning about 30 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 were 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
Recreation and ceremony24
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking4
Other causes1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 2007Smokingunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Broadview: 15 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bloomington LimestoneStoneProducer
4-R QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Acme QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Adams QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Arlington Hills QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Arlington MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Arlington QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ashtone MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Buffalo QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Carl Furst QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broadview in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 hail, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBroadview$5,000A tree was reported down on a mobile home due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts on West Tapp Road, west of State Route 37.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBroadview$3,000Live, 6-inch diameter trees were uprooted on Curry Pike Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2008HailBroadview$2,600Hail hit the Bloomington area around 12:30 AM EST, ranging from 1/2-inch in diameter to almost 2 inches. Two waves of hail hit with about one half hour in between episodes. One gentleman had over 100 dents on the top of his car, causing an estimated $1,400 in damage, while his wife had 60+ dents at an estimated repair cost of $1,200.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBroadview-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported in this location.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBroadview-A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 70 mph was observed in this location.
July 2023HailBroadview-no account filed
May 2017HailBroadview-no account filed
August 2011HailBroadview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Sunny Slopes0.7 miles25
Bloomington1.9 miles25
Ridgemede2.1 miles25
Leonard Springs2.1 miles25
Clear Creek2.1 miles27
Van Buren Park2.3 miles25
Garden Acres2.4 miles27
Highland Village2.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431549. 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.

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.