Birds Run, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wheeling Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43749. It stands on Birds Run. The Survey maps it on the Plainfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 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
16 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.
- 1909 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Cambridge 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
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Plainfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Plainfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Plainfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Plainfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Plainfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Plainfield quadrangle1:24000
In the 1911 county history
1,530 words on this townshipThe county history of 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wheeling Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wheeling Township - 1,530 words.
Fires nearby
17 since 2013The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Birds Run between 2013 and 2020, burning about 42 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8905 |
| 3 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8366 |
| 13 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10146 |
| 12 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10145 |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 171 shownMuseums hold 171 specimens collected within 10 miles of Birds Run between 1893 and 1970: 131 Fungi, 33 Animalia, 3 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W. (William), Adams, W.; Adams, S., Aiken 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Synechoblastus rupestris (F.Desp.) Trevis. | 1902 | F.O. Grover | Black Swamp |
![]() | Fomes fraxinophilus (Peck) Sacc. | 1922 | F. O. Grover | Black swamp |
![]() | Stereum spadiceum (Pers.) Quél. | 1893 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
| Favolus europaeus Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill | |
![]() | Lenzites trabeus (Pers.) Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Pleurotus nidulans (Pers.) P.Kumm. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Polystictus versicolor (L.) Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
| unnamed | 1896 | Lloyd C. G. | College Hill | |
![]() | Chlorosplenium aeruginosum (Oeder) De Not. | 1896 | Lloyd C. G. | College Hill |
| Clitocybe ochropurpurea (Berk.) Sacc. | 1896 | Lloyd C. G. | College Hill | |
| Corticium martianum Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1896 | Lloyd C. G. | College Hill |
All 171 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
6 since 2011The National Weather Service names Birds Run in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birds Run | $35,000 | The Department of Highways reported trees down. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Birds Run | $5,000 | The intersection of SR 658 and SR 541 west of Kimbolten was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Birds Run | - | State Route 2658 closed due to flooding. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Birds Run | - | State Route 541 closed due to flooding. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Birds Run | - | The county emergency manager reported that portions of Hopewell Road were closed due to flooding. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birds Run | - | Estimated by an Acu-rite winds sensor mounted to PVC piping. The sensor eventually became dislodged and blew away. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toledoville (historical) | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Ridge | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Guernsey | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kimbolton | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Boden | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Indian Camp | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| North Salem | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Tyner | 6.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064439. 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.























