Bryantsville, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Spice Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47446. The Survey maps it on the Bedford West quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bryantsville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | OLD HOME PLACE |
| 25 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | GEORGIA TOWER |
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FIBERTECH |
| 22 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | 60 TRASH |
| 21 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | OLD 60 |
| 18 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BONE |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | COZY FIRE |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | GEORGIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bryantsville: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z81 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| North Gardner Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| North Gardner Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Pennsylvania Salt Company Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Pennsylvania Salt Company Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryantsville in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Bryantsville | 2 hurt, $500,000 | A small tornado briefly touched down heavily damaging four homes and causing minor damage to 11 homes. Also numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | $10,000 | There were two locations over west-central parts of Lawrence County with trees down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartleyville | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Redding | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Georgia | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tarry Park | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Moorestown | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coxton | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Yockey | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Williams | 4.6 miles | 22 |
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 Bryantsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4980639 | 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 450725. 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.










