Greenbrier, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47432. The Survey maps it on the Greenbrier quadrangle. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Greenbrier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Greenbrier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Greenbrier quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Greenbrier between 1995 and 2016, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PATOKA LAKE |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Hoosier National Forest | TONY'S MARINE |
| 24 March 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SPRINGS VALLEY |
| 22 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | GRIMES LAKE |
| 21 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ORANGE |
| 13 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | YOUNGS FIRE |
| 11 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MCDONALD CHAPEL |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WEST BADEN BARREL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenbrier in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Greenbrier | - | Quarter sized hail was observed along South County Road 490 West in southern Orange County. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbrier | - | A tree was reported down at a residence on County Road 760 S. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Greenbrier | - | An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds up to 110 mph. This tornado touched down near the intersection of Indiana 145 and Base Line Road, where it destroyed a metal-roofed barn. Trees were uprooted and snapped. At a house on Base Line Road the front porch was ripped off and deposited in the back yard. A cluster of large, tall evergreens was snapped off and strewn chaotically in all directions. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngs Creek | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ethel | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Valley | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fargo | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| French Lick | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Norton | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Newton Stewart | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Abydel | 7.4 miles | 15 |
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 Greenbrier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5603734 | 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 450982. 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.







