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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Brookville, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Athens Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45701. It stands on Vore Ridge. The Survey maps it on the The Plains quadrangle.

Brookville within Athens County

Then and now

1903 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brookville, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Brookville, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Athens township, in the words of 1869.

1869, Athens Township

Utr Run

fired at and wounded the old bear, and then, wishing to see his dog kill one of the cubs, laid down his gun and. hissed his dog on to attack the cub - the old bear and other cub beating a retreat. Boyles, becoming interested in the fight between his dog and the cub, had approached near them, when he was disagreeably startled by seeing the old bear return, brought by the cries of the cub, and place herself between him and his gun.

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Fires nearby

48 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Brookville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestRAW FIRE
8 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM
29 May 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestMEMORIAL FIRE
29 May 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestUTAH FIRE
8 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.7 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.3 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Athens County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,270 shown

Museums hold 1,270 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brookville between 1896 and 1975: 1,061 Animalia, 152 Plantae, 47 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, Auburn E. Brower 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 Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 18131896F. L. StevensAthens County
Specimen of Ambrosia bidentata Michx.Ambrosia bidentata Michx.1969William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Tridens flavus, not of this specimenTridens flavus (L.) Hitchc.1896Selby, A.D.Caananville
A photograph of the species Aristida longespica, not of this specimenAristida longespica var. longespica1898Selby, A.D.Pleasanton
A photograph of the species Perlesta Banks, not of this specimenPerlesta Banks, 19061898N. Roberts
A photograph of the species Quercus minor, not of this specimenQuercus minor (Marshall) Sarg.1898Selby, A.D.Pleasanton
A photograph of the species Diospyros virginiana, not of this specimenDiospyros virginiana L.1899A. D. SelbyMarshfield
A photograph of the species Salix humilis, not of this specimenSalix humilis var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs1899Selby, A.D.Marshfield
A photograph of the species Tephrosia virginiana, not of this specimenTephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.1899Selby, A.D.Marshfield
A photograph of the species Elaphe obsoleta, not of this specimenElaphe obsoleta obsoleta1902Morse, M. (Max)Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio
Melasmia Lév., 18461902Kellerman, W.A.Athens

All 1,270 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 Brookville: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 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
Gravel Plant 2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Gravel Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Athens 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
Luhrig1.4 miles18
Grosvenor1.8 miles18
Fairway Oaks2.1 miles18
The Plains2.3 miles18
Elliottville3.0 miles21
Beaumont3.1 miles21
Beachwood Lake Estates3.3 miles18
New Marshfield3.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062410. 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.