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.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The 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 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.
- 1911 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newcomerstown 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 Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
In the 1884 county history
2,378 words on this townshipThe 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 2017The 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 burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13025 |
| 5 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9245 |
| 3 April 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15689 |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9247 |
| 10 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13705 |
| 20 February 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12990 |
| 2 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9251 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 104 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Paxina hispida (Schaeff.) Seaver | 1935 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rock House |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1960 | Holt | Newcomerstown, 3.5 Mile NW Of junction Highway 21 & 258 on 21 |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis volucellus volucellus | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, 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 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Plant | ||
| E J Heston Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Playford Bliss Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwood | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Berwyn (historical) | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Booth | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mizers | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Glasgow | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Postboy | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Port Washington | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gilmore | 4.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Bernice | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4894274 | 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 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.

























