Blackhawk, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harlan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45152. It stands on Right Fork Second Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Plain quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 72 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
13 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.
- 1914 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Pleasant Plain quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Pleasant Plain quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Pleasant Plain quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,933 shownMuseums hold 2,933 specimens collected within 10 miles of Blackhawk between 1878 and 1974: 2,727 Animalia, 161 Fungi, 28 Plantae, 14 Unrecorded, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14529, A. Gaufin, A. J. Mix 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1892 | H. Smith | Creek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Collector(s): unknown | Foster Point |
![]() | Cambarus rusticus Girard, 1852 | 1892 | H. Smith | Little Miami River, 1 1/2 mi. above South Lebanon |
![]() | Donnaldsoncythere Rioja, 1942 | 1892 | H. Smith | Creek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon |
![]() | Uncinocythere stubbsi Hobbs & Walton, 1966 | 1892 | H. Smith | Creek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon |
![]() | Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1900 | Mills, W. C. | Fort Ancient, Warren, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Anthophora abrupta Say, 1837 | 1902 | not recorded | Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren Co., OH, Warren, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Bombus citrinus (Smith, 1854) | 1902 | not recorded | Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren Co., OH, Warren, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Brachiacantha ursina (Fabricius, 1787) | 1902 | not recorded | Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren Co., OH, Warren, Ohio, United States |
| Coccinella venusta Weise, 1879 | 1902 | not recorded | Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren Co., OH, Warren, Ohio, United States | |
| Ectemnius singularis (F.Smith, 1856) | 1902 | not recorded | Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren Co., OH, Warren, Ohio, United States | |
| Euperilampus triangularis (Say, 1829) | 1902 | not recorded | Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren Co., OH, Warren, Ohio, United States |
All 2,933 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blackhawk: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrow Gravel Plant No 1 Mill & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
9 since 2011The National Weather Service names Blackhawk in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Blackhawk | $250,000 | Ohio Route 123 was closed between Ohio Route 132 and U.S. 22/OH-3 due to land slippage at the edge of the road. |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Blackhawk | $20,000 | The tornado touched down and caused damage to a pole barn, where roofing was removed and strewn downstream nearly a quarter of a mile. Some wood from the barn was blown upstream of the tornado path and driven into the roof of the residence where the barn was damaged. The tornado then caused damage mainly to trees, with several trees uprooted or snapped off. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum estimated wind speed of the tornado was 75 miles per hour. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackhawk | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed across Harlan Township. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackhawk | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackhawk | $3,000 | Numerous trees were downed between Butlerville and Morrow. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackhawk | $1,000 | One tree was downed southeast of Morrow due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Blackhawk | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Blackhawk | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Blackhawk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osceola | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Butlerville | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Middleboro | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Edwardsville | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rossburg | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hicks | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| San Je Village | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Roachester | 2.8 miles | 13 |
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 Blackhawk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888528 | 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 1064444. 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.





















