Bergholz, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43908. It stands on Upper North Fork. The Survey maps it on the Bergholz quadrangle. 544 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBergholz fell from 664 to 544 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 | 664 | |
| 2020 | 544 | -120 (-18%) |
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 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
15 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.
- 1905 USGS Salineville 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
- 1960 USGS Bergholz quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bergholz quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bergholz quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bergholz quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Bergholz quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
12 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bergholz between 2003 and 2018, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7808 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12909 |
| 16 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8205 |
| 28 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 816 |
| 28 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2506 |
| 22 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4128 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 223 shownMuseums hold 223 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bergholz between 1896 and 1974: 177 Animalia, 40 Plantae, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A.W. Cusick, Adams, W. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia monardae J.W.Baxter | 1896 | Ashcraft | Near Middleburg |
![]() | Catocala epione Drury, 1773 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Catocala residua Grote, 1874 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Icterus galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1900 | A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Xylaria cubensis (Mont.) Fr. | 1924 | Leonard E. C. | Indian Lake |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near New Somerset, Saline Twp., Jefferson Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near New Somerset, Saline Twp., Jefferson Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near New Somerset, Saline Twp., Jefferson Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near New Somerset, Saline Twp., Jefferson Co., Ohio |
| Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near New Somerset, Saline Twp., Jefferson Co., Ohio |
All 223 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
10 since 2002The National Weather Service names Bergholz in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Bergholz | $250,000 | A ground and aerial drone survey confirmed that a second tornado |formed approximately on the Carroll and Jefferson County line, a |little over two miles north-northwest of Bergholz, Ohio. It is |possible that this second tornado formed inside Carroll County, |but could not be confirmed due to limited access. ||Damage from this tornado was exclusively to trees, although a |residence at the intersection of TR263 and Valleyview Dr suffered |minor exterior damage caused from falling limbs and powerlines. |Drone footage from a densely wooded area northwest of Bergholz |indicated scattered to occasionally numerous downed trees which |were uprooted, snapped and splintered along a focused and |convergent path. Tree damage became more sporadic as the tornado |finally dissipated across the extreme southwest portion of |Bergholz along Washington St.||Given the coverage and damage that occurred to both hard and |softwood trees along the damage path, a higher end EF-1 rating is |assigned to this tornado, with a maximum wind speed of 105 MPH. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergholz | $25,000 | Widespread tree and line damage across the county, including in Richmond, Steubenville, and Bloomingdale. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Bergholz | $10,000 | North Fork Creek overflowed and flooded State Route 524. Three people had to abandon their car and swim to safety. No injuries. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergholz | $500 | Local 911 reported a large tree down blocking State Route 164. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergholz | - | Broadcast media reported a tree down on Secondary Rd. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergholz | - | A trampoline was reported to be wrapped around a tree. |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Bergholz | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains produced minor road flooding in the Bergholz area. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bergholz | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Bergholz | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bergholz | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eastern | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Circle Green | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pravo | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wolf Run | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Amsterdam | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Middleburg | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| East Springfield | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Shane | 5.1 miles | 17 |
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 Bergholz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q819798 | 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 1064416. 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.
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.

























