BlockSchweizer, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Franklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42134. The Survey maps it on the Prices Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:100000
- 1951 USGS Prices Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Schweizer between 2001 and 2010, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 February 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | STRINGER RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schweizer in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Schweizer | 1 killed, $5,000 | At approximately 9:00 pm CST on March 4, a male driver drove around a barricade before driving his car into standing water over the roadway. He called his girlfriend frantically stating he was in a river. That was the last anyone heard from him. His cell phone last pinged at 9:00 pm CST at a location just west of Interstate 65 north of the Tennessee border. The air temperature at the time was 19 degrees Fahrenheit.||His vehicle was found the next morning, and his body was found on Thursday March 7 a short distance from where his vehicle was found. |
| February 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Schweizer | $50,000 | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey across Simpson County. The tornado began just southwest of Lake Spring Road where a couple of trees were snapped or uprooted and a large 24 x 36 barn experienced extensive roof panel damage. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph with a width between 75 and 100 yards.||The tornado contnued to cross farmland before striking another barn near the 31W intersection. The tornado threw metal sheeting from the barn in various directions with much of it suspended up in the trees. There were a couple twisted trees on both sides of Highway 31W. Maximum winds at this location were 75 mph with a width of 75 yards. The tornado lifted on the northeast side of the highway. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schweizer | - | A tree was down at the intersection of Schweizer and Charlie Butts Road. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schweizer | - | The Kentucky Mesonet site near Franklin measured a 64 mph wind gust. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schweizer | - | The Kentucky mesonet in Simpson County measured a 62.5 mph wind gust. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schweizer | - | A Kentucky Mesonet site measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schweizer | - | A Kentucky Mesonet site measured a 61 mph wind gust 4 miles southwest of Franklin. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schweizer | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Spring (historical) | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Neosheo | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Flat Rock | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Geddes | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Franklin | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Prices Mill | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Peden Mill | 5.8 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547193 | 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 503070. 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.