Brookfield, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brookfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44403. The Survey maps it on the Sharon West quadrangle. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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 Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Sharon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sharon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Sharon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Sharon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Sharon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Sharon West quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
2 since 2019The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Brookfield between 2019 and 2020, burning about 2 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 burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15692 |
| 24 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15323 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 90 shownMuseums hold 90 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brookfield between 1899 and 1975: 61 Animalia, 29 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer, Almon N. Rood, Brown, Fred 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862) | 1899 | R. C. Osburn | Fowlerville |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1925 | Lyle D. Miller | Hubbard |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1928 | Lyle D. Miller | Hubbard |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Mosquito Creek tributary, within Ashatabula Co, Trumbull County, township n/a |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Mosquito Creek tributary, within Ashatabula Co, Trumbull County, township n/a |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Mosquito Creek tributary, within Ashatabula Co, Trumbull County, township n/a |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Mosquito Creek tributary, within Ashatabula Co, Trumbull County, township n/a |
![]() | Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Mosquito Creek tributary, within Ashatabula Co, Trumbull County, township n/a |
![]() | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Pymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp |
![]() | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst. | Small trib of the Shenango River, Hubbard Twp. |
![]() | Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | small tributary (Mud Run) of Shenango River, (at N Main Street), at Hubbard OH, Hubbard Township |
![]() | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Pymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp |
All 90 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
16 since 1994The National Weather Service names Brookfield in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $200,000 | A thunderstorm downburst affected the southeastern corner of Trumbull County. Dozens of trees were downed in Liberty, Vienna, Brookfield and Hubbard Townships. Several homes were damaged by fallen trees in Brookfield and Hubbard. Several roads had to be closed because of downed trees. Scattered power outages were reported as well. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed between 40 and 50 trees in Brookfield Township. |
| August 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Brookfield | $50,000 | A small tornado touched down near a trailer park and was witnessed by several residents. Roof damage occurred to two of the mobile homes and a number of other mobile homes had damage to siding, awnings and skirting. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in and around Brookfield. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Brookfield Township. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | Trees downed in Brookfield. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | Numerous trees and power lines downed in Brookfield Center. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | Trees down in Brookfield Center. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | Fire department dispatch reported two utility poles down along Warren-Sharon Road in Brookfield Center; one near First National Bank and the other just west of Yankee Run Golf Course. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookfield | - | Trees fell and damaged five homes in Brookfield Center. Multiple structures sustained damage, including shingles and chimney caps ripped off. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Brookfield | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Brookfield | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Brookfield | - | Heavy thunderstorm rain caused small stream flooding and flooding at St. Rts. 7 and 82 at Brookfield Center, where two feet of water covered the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Center | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Yankee Hills | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Salow Corners | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Yankee Lake | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Brookfield Acres | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Masury | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Paynes Corner | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Walnut Hill (historical) | 2.6 miles | 15 |
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 Q136323640 | 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 1060894. 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.


























