BlockBuena Vista, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Posey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47024. The Survey maps it on the Clarksburg quadrangle. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Buena Vista in 2004, 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Buena Vista: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Franklin County Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Henson Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Holzhause Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Laurel Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Turner Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buena Vista in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2013: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $10,000 | Numerous trees and limbs were down in the western part of Franklin county due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | One tree was downed near Buena Vista due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lake View | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Andersonville | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hamburg | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Peppertown | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Laurel | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Auburn | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Metamora | 7.1 miles | 10 |
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 Buena Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4985416 | 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 431764. 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.