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Bernice, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43832. It stands on Browning Run. The Survey maps it on the Newcomerstown quadrangle. It stands 2,700 feet above sea level.

Bernice within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bernice, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bernice, surveyed 1911

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.

In the 1884 county history

2,378 words on this township

The county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers organization, surface features, first settlers, legend of gilmore, huff and the wolves, newton.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 2,378 words.

Fires nearby

7 since 2017

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bernice between 2017 and 2020, burning about 13 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 burning3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2018Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13025
5 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources9245
3 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15689
15 April 2017Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources9247
10 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13705
20 February 2018Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12990
2 October 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources9251

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 104 shown

Museums hold 104 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bernice between 1928 and 1973: 57 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 19 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Borror, D.J., Buker, W.E., Cooke, William Bridge 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 Paxina hispida (Schaeff.) SeaverPaxina hispida (Schaeff.) Seaver1935Cooke, William BridgeRock House
Specimen of Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1960HoltNewcomerstown, 3.5 Mile NW Of junction Highway 21 & 258 on 21
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Micropterus salmoides, not of this specimenMicropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Notropis rubellus, not of this specimenNotropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Notropis spilopterus, not of this specimenNotropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Notropis volucellus, not of this specimenNotropis volucellus volucellus1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Percopsis omiscomaycus, not of this specimenPercopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek

All 104 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bernice: 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Goshen PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Plant
E J Heston ProspectIronOccurrence
Playford Bliss ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Hartwood2.1 miles15
Berwyn (historical)2.2 miles17
Booth2.6 miles15
Mizers3.4 miles14
Glasgow3.5 miles14
Postboy4.3 miles15
Port Washington4.4 miles14
Gilmore4.6 miles15

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 BerniceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4894274The 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 1064423. 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.