Becks Mills, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mechanic Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44654. It lies in Troyer Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Bedford quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 81 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
14 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.
- 1913 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
12 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Becks Mills between 2004 and 2020, burning about 12 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4189 |
| 15 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4087 |
| 13 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 December 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15922 |
| 5 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5948 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 188 shownMuseums hold 188 specimens collected within 10 miles of Becks Mills between 1890 and 1974: 147 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. P. Morgan, Alleshonse? O. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces asclepiadis Cooke | 1895 | W.A. Kellerman | Killbuck |
![]() | Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato | 1896 | Wetzstein, A. | Fryburg |
![]() | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1914 | Drushel, J.A. | |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | Collector(s): unknown | Millesburg |
![]() | Arachnion album Schwein. | 1893 | A. P. Morgan | |
![]() | Schizophyllum commune Fr. | 1901 | A. D. Selby | Millersburg |
![]() | Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1906 | Alleshouse O. C. | New Bedford |
![]() | Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter | 1906 | Alleshonse? O. C. | New Bedford |
![]() | Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 | 1907 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
![]() | Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) | 1907 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
![]() | Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) | 1907 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
All 188 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Becks Mills: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Clay Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Clay Company Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Close Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Close Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2007The National Weather Service names Becks Mills in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becks Mills | - | Numerous trees downed in southeastern Holmes County. Location estimated. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Becks Mills | - | Flooding conditions continued across the area through much of the day on the 21st after flash flooding occurred during the morning hours. High water gradually receded across the county, and by late afternoon much of the flooding diminished across the county. For damage estimates see the associated flash flood write up for Holmes County during the morning of August 21st. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charm | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Saltillo | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Grade (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Union (historical) | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Farmerstown | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Unionville | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Berlin | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Limpytown | 5.5 miles | 15 |
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 Q122572794 | 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 1062647. 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.

























