Fayetteville, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Fayetteville is an unincorporated town in Indian Creek Township
, Lawrence County
, in the U.S. state
of Indiana
.
tornado
touched down in Fayetteville, destroying 3 houses, and damaging at least 19. Several barns and other structures were also damaged or destroyed.
Indian Creek Township, Lawrence County, Indiana
Indian Creek Township is one of nine townships in Lawrence County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,662.-Geography:...
, Lawrence County
Lawrence County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 45,922 people, 18,535 households, and 13,141 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 20,560 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...
, in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
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2009 Tornado
On the evening of March 8th, 2009, a confirmed EF3Enhanced Fujita Scale
The Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of tornadoes in the United States based on the damage they cause.Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Ted Fujita, it began operational use on February 1, 2007. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale:...
tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
touched down in Fayetteville, destroying 3 houses, and damaging at least 19. Several barns and other structures were also damaged or destroyed.