Bears Mill, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45331. It stands on Bolton Run. The Survey maps it on the Greenville East quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 33 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
12 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greenville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Greenville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Greenville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
63,514 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Adams Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Adams Township - 63,514 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 505 shownMuseums hold 505 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bears Mill between 1838 and 1975: 478 Animalia, 20 Fungi, 7 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. F. C.; Stover, W. G., Albrecht, C. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tilletia laevis J.G.Kühn | 1919 | not recorded | Versailles |
![]() | Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle | 1919 | s.n. | Versailles |
![]() | Ustilago tritici (Bjerk.) Rostr. | 1919 | H.L. Lewis | Versailles |
![]() | Callitriche palustris L. | 1838 | Short, C.W. | Lexington, Kentucky. |
![]() | Dispira americana Thaxt. | 1895 | Rush W. H. | Greenville |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township |
![]() | Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 1888 | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township |
![]() | Clitocybe multiceps Peck | 1906 | H.J. Brememan | Greenville |
![]() | Peziza vesiculosa Bull. | 1907 | Lucas, C | Greenville |
![]() | Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr. | 1909 | A. F. C.; Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
![]() | Clitocybe odora (Bull.) P.Kumm. | 1909 | Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
![]() | Panaeolus solidipes (Peck) Sacc. | 1909 | Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
All 505 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 Bears Mill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feitshans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Feitshans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2015The National Weather Service names Bears Mill in 1 storm report between 2015 and 2015: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Bears Mill | - | Several roads were closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Harrison | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Gettysburg | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Poplar Ridge | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Horatio | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stelvideo | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Saint John (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Union Corners | 3.5 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 Q122570772 | 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 1048497. 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.
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.























