Bainbridge, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Paxton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45612. It stands on Buckskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bainbridge quadrangle. 765 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBainbridge fell from 860 to 765 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 860 | |
| 2020 | 765 | -95 (-11%) |
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
30 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bainbridge between 2006 and 2020, burning about 153 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1209 |
| 1 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4949 |
| 14 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 795 shownMuseums hold 795 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bainbridge between 1909 and 1975: 526 Animalia, 225 Fungi, 36 Plantae, 8 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Rhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger | 1909 | Henry S. Jewett | near Sulphur Lick Springs |
![]() | Taxiphyllum geophilum (Austin) M.Fleisch. | 1909 | Henry S. Jewett | Sulphur Lick Springs |
![]() | Lecidea coarctata (Turner) Nyl. | 1914 | Bruce Fink | Bainbridge |
![]() | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | "Caves" Paint Creek |
![]() | Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cinna arundinacea L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Panel Creek |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Careo, Paint Creek |
![]() | Diarrhena americana P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Point Creek |
![]() | Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Caves Paint Cr., E Highland Co |
All 795 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bainbridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bainbridge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
14 since 1998The National Weather Service names Bainbridge in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Bainbridge | $100,000 | Several homes were volunatrily evacuated along Paint Creek from Bainbridge to Bourneville due to rising water. Three automobiles were trapped in flood waters, requiring a water rescue from one of the vehicles near Chillicothe. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Bainbridge | $10,000 | Water covered roadways and caused some road damage due to heavy rainfall. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge | $10,000 | A mobile home being towed on a flatbed truck on US Route 50 was destroyed. One home had its roof blown off, and trees were downed throughout town. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Bainbridge | $8,000 | A house also sustained minor roof damage. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge | $5,000 | Several trees were downed in the Bainbridge area. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge | $5,000 | Numerous trees knocked down |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge | $5,000 | Numerous trees knocked down. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bainbridge | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge | $4,000 | A few trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Bainbridge | $3,000 | High water on roadways |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge | $3,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bainbridge | $2,000 | Four trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. These trees were primarily scattered across the southwestern portions of Ross County. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bainbridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bainbridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dills | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Humboldt | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Storms | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Spargursville | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fruitdale | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Minnehan Bend | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Nipgen | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Harris | 6.9 miles | 14 |
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 Bainbridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3451672 | 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 1048477. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.




























