BlockBrownsville, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brownsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47325. It stands on Simpson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownsville quadrangle. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brownsville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Co. Hwy. Dept | Stone | Producer | ||
| Union County Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsville in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Brownsville | $20,000 | Brownsville Road was flooded and potentially washed out. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $8,000 | Several trees were downed across the county. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $5,000 | Several trees and utility lines were downed in the Brownsville and Clifton areas due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $4,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $3,000 | Several trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down west of town. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $2,000 | Tree limbs and power poles were downed along Philomath Road. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $250 | A few small trees were downed. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Brownsville | - | Yankee Town bridge on Abington Road was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankee Town | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hopeville | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Clifton | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Philomath | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dunlapsville | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Quakertown | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Roseburg | 6.0 miles | 17 |
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 Brownsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688310 | 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 431648. 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.