Brimfield Station, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brimfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44240. The Survey maps it on the Suffield quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1906 USGS Kent quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Kent quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Suffield quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Suffield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Suffield quadrangle1:24000
In the 1885 county history
6,006 words on this townshipThe county history of 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Brimfield Township covers a many-named township, equalizing lands, explorers and settlers, location or the early pioneers, organization and politics, three classes of first events.
Read the chapter on Brimfield Township - 6,006 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 660 shownMuseums hold 660 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brimfield Station between 1883 and 1975: 427 Animalia, 199 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. K. Wyatt, A. Woolman, Alex K. Wyatt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Frankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.Tison | 1910 | Rankin; H.H. Whetzel | |
![]() | Stereum frustulatum (Pers.) Fr. | 1910 | H.H. Whetzel | |
![]() | Valsaria exasperans (W.R.Gerard) Sacc. | 1910 | Whetzel; Rankin | |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1883 | John C. Catlin | Ravenna |
![]() | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1883 | John C. Catlin | Ravenna |
![]() | Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1889 | C. P. Streator | Ravenna |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio |
![]() | Cambarus propinquus Girard, 1852 | 1893 | Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio |
![]() | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Kent, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio |
All 660 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 14 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Brimfield Station: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 1 plant. 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brimfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Brimfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Donald Wartko Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Donald Wartko Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hilltop Aggregate, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Karg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Karg Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Lappins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riverside Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2024The National Weather Service names Brimfield Station in 1 storm report between 2024 and 2024: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Brimfield Station | $5,000 | A brief EF0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 65 mph impacted the Brimfield area. The tornado began near an industrial building parking lot on Sunnybrook Road, north of Old Forge Road. As the tornado moved generally eastward, it crossed Sunnybrook Road and traversed portions of a golf course, where it damaged several trees and dislodged tiles from a footbridge before dissipating near the bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brimfield | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bunkers Corners | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hilltown (historical) | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Kent | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Brady Lake | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Logtown | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pony | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Suffield Station | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122543879 | 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 1056720. 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.






















