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Brokaw, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43787. It stands on Madison Run. The Survey maps it on the Beverly quadrangle.

Brokaw within Morgan County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Brokaw, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Brokaw, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1880 county history

110 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Windsor Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Windsor Township - 110 words.

Fires nearby

34 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Brokaw between 2012 and 2020, burning about 21 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5588
23 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5585
23 September 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5587
9 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14665
5 June 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1461
25 June 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5045
27 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources14245
24 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 424 shown

Museums hold 424 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brokaw between 1887 and 1974: 373 Animalia, 45 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Albaugh, D. W. (Douglas W.), Albaugh, Douglas W 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1962D. StansberyMuskingum River, Waterford, Below Dam At Beverly
A photograph of the species Peziza soleniiformis, not of this specimenPeziza soleniiformis Ellis & Everh.1887Morgan
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Crystallaria cincotta, not of this specimenCrystallaria cincotta Welsh & Wood, 20081888Gilbert, C. & Henshall, J. A. (James A.)Muskingum River, dst Beverly dam RM 24.8, 0.6 miles west of Beverly OH, Waterford township
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio
A photograph of the species Percopsis omiscomaycus, not of this specimenPercopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Pimephales vigilax, not of this specimenPimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Ammodramus savannarum, not of this specimenAmmodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818)1904not recordedMeigs Creek
A photograph of the species Merulius incarnatus, not of this specimenMerulius incarnatus Schwein.1906Collector unspecifiedMcConnellsville
A photograph of the species Cylindrosporium padi, not of this specimenCylindrosporium padi P.Karst.1910W. T. Mitchell & SonBeverly
A photograph of the species Hybopsis aestivalis, not of this specimenHybopsis aestivalis (Girard, 1856)1921Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)South Branch Wolf Creek, within Watertown township, near Watertown, Watertown township

All 424 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brokaw: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chesterhill Stone Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms nearby

1 since 2017

The National Weather Service names Brokaw in 1 storm report between 2017 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBrokaw$500A large tree fell across State Route 266 near Stockport.

Every storm recorded in Morgan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Roxbury1.2 miles14
Chadwick (historical)1.6 miles12
Stockport3.8 miles12
Hooksburg4.9 miles12
Mill Grove5.1 miles14
Center Bend5.2 miles14
Todds6.3 miles12
Unionville6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048553. 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.

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.