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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Beavertown, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kettering City. It lies in ZIP code area 45429. The Survey maps it on the Dayton South quadrangle.

Beavertown within Montgomery County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beavertown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Beavertown, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 565 shown

Museums hold 565 specimens collected within 10 miles of Beavertown between 1836 and 1975: 413 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 56 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND W E DUELLMAN, A. E. Foeerste 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
Specimen of Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.1897H. W. Anderson
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Iris versicolor, not of this specimenIris versicolor L.1839not recordedDayton. 2 mi. south
A photograph of the species Nuphar advena, not of this specimenNuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton1839Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. HauptDayton

All 565 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Beavertown: 10 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Broadway Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broadway Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hawker and Son PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hawker and Son PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moraine Materials Pit No 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moraine Materials Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms nearby

16 since 2012

The National Weather Service names Beavertown in 16 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$3,000Trees were reported downed in Kettering due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$1,000A large tree was knocked down in Kettering.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$1,000A large limb was downed due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$1,000Large branches were blown down in Kettering due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$1,000A large tree was split by thunderstorm winds.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$1,000A tree was downed on Wenzler Drive due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$1,000A tree was blown down in Kettering due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBeavertown$500A large tree limb was downed.
June 2025FloodBeavertown-High water was reported on Wenbrook Drive.
August 2020FloodBeavertown-Street flooding was reported on Wilmington Avenue.
June 2018FloodBeavertown-Several inches of standing water was reported near the intersection of East Dorothy Lane and Woodman Drive in Kettering.
June 2017HailBeavertown-Size was based on a photo from social media.
February 2023HailBeavertown-no account filed
June 2021HailBeavertown-no account filed
June 2017HailBeavertown-no account filed
April 2016HailBeavertown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pasadena0.5 miles14
Lindenhall0.7 miles14
Oakdale1.0 miles14
Far Hills1.3 miles14
Shakertown1.4 miles14
Greenmont1.4 miles14
Hampstead1.6 miles14
Kettering1.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1059173. 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.