BlockFairview, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cotton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47011. It lies near Drakes Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Vevay North quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Vevay North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vevay North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Vevay North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | 1 killed, $25,000 | An 11 year old girl was fatally injured when a healthy tree was downed and fell on a cabin at Camp Livingston. The tree was possibly struck by lightning. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $3,000 | Several trees were downed on local roadways across northern Switzerland County. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto State Route 250. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $500 | Four to five inch diameter limbs were knocked down near Fairview. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Allensville | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bennington | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Jacksonville | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Center Square | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| East Enterprise | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Avonburg | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Sterling | 5.4 miles | 12 |
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 Fairview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988903 | 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 449654. 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.
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.