Berkshire, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Berkshire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43074. It stands on Butler Run. The Survey maps it on the Kilbourne quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 51 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
11 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 Marengo quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Marengo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kilbourne quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kilbourne quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kilbourne quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kilbourne quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,746 shownMuseums hold 2,746 specimens collected within 10 miles of Berkshire between 1850 and 1975: 2,561 Animalia, 94 Plantae, 89 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C Whitney, A S BRADSHAW, A. P. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hypoxylon atropunctatum (Schwein.) Cooke | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Hypoxylon crocopeplum Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Hypoxylon howeianum Peck | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1850 | Kugel, B. (Burt) | near Selma, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1860 | Ricke, A. S. | Carlisle, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Centronyx henslowii (Audubon, 1829) | 1872 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ophioglossum vulgatum L. | 1873 | Hussey, J. | |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1874 | not recorded | Sugar Grove, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Branta bernicla hrota (O.F.Müller, 1776) | 1874 | not recorded | Lake Erie, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon, 1834) | 1874 | Wheaton, J. M. (John Maynard) | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1874 | Jasper, T. (Theodore) | Columbus, Scioto R., Ohio, USA |
![]() | Tympanuchus americanus (Reichenbach, 1852) | 1874 | not recorded | Monroeville, Ohio, USA |
All 2,746 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 Berkshire: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Vans Valley Road Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
7 since 1995The National Weather Service names Berkshire in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Berkshire | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall caused flooded roads. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkshire | $10,000 | Measured winds of 60 miles an hour knocked down several large trees, some feel on power lines and across roads. Ten thousand three hundred people temporarily lost power. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkshire | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkshire | $2,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkshire | $2,000 | Three large trees were downed near Interstate 71 and Route 37 due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkshire | $1,000 | A large tree was downed at North Galena Road and U.S. Route 36. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Berkshire | - | Lingering high water due to heavy rainfall was reported at the entrance to the Bent Tree Golf Club. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Alum Creek | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cheshire Woods | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Estates At Sherman Lake | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sunbury Estates | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sunbury Meadows | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hidden Creek | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sherman Lakes | 2.7 miles | 11 |
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 Berkshire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133533 | 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 1064418. 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.






















