Brandywine, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44820. The Survey maps it on the Bucyrus quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 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.
- 1915 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the 1912 county history
52,458 words on this townshipThe county history of 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Liberty Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 52,458 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 198 shownMuseums hold 198 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brandywine between 1842 and 1973: 173 Animalia, 17 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Beal, L. E., Benjamin, J. R., Chase, H. (Hazel) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1842 | William S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Peronospora sordida Berk. & Broome | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley; 40.761724 -82.873517 |
![]() | Cirriphyllum piliferum (Hedw.) Grout | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Drepanocladus polycarpos (Blandow ex Voit) Warnst. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1844 | not recorded | |
![]() | Gymnoconia interstitialis (Schltdl.) Lagerh. | 1906 | Hieber Christina | Bucyrus |
![]() | Puccinia chrysanthemi Roze | 1922 | Orewiler Henry | Tiro |
![]() | Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Sandusky River, NE corner of Bucyrus Twp |
![]() | Orconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852) | 1930 | E. Wichliff | Bucyrus Fish Hatchery |
![]() | Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 | 1931 | Conant, R. (Roger) | W. of Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio |
![]() | Antennaria parlinii subsp. fallax (Greene) R.J.Bayer & Stebbins | 1932 | Leslie L Pontius; Floyd Bartley | Benton |
All 198 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2023The National Weather Service names Brandywine in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Brandywine | - | Reports and photos of six inches or more of flowing water over Stetzer Road east of Bucyrus. Water across the roadways also reported along portions of OH-96 in eastern Crawford County. Radar estimated 2 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in a 75-90 minute period. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandywine | - | Barn destroyed at intersection of OH-4 and Carrell Road, just north of Bucyrus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeton | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Linden Park | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Waterford Glen | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fauser (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Northwood Estates | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bucyrus | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Maple Grove Park | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048542. 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.
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.
























