BlockBromer, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Northeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47452. The Survey maps it on the Livonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Livonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Livonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bromer between 2004 and 2006, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BROMMER |
| 27 February 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | COUNTY ROAD 350 |
| 12 November 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MILLERSBURG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bromer in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bromer | - | There was a tree down blocking a portion of State Road 337 seven miles outside of Orleans, Indiana. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Center | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Millersburg | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mahan Crossing | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Stampers Creek | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Syria | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Leipsic | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Trotter Crossing | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Chambersburg | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450713. 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.