Bruno, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Thorn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43076. The Survey maps it on the Rushville quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 75 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
12 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.
- 1909 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
In the 1883 county history
165,003 words on this townshipThe county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Thorn Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Thorn Township - 165,003 words.
Fires nearby
8 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bruno between 2007 and 2020, burning about 59 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15132 |
| 17 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7408 |
| 3 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15925 |
| 28 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9968 |
| 23 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3048 |
| 18 October 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15856 |
| 10 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 135 shownMuseums hold 135 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bruno between 1900 and 1965: 120 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Auten, Breakey, David H. Stansbery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces scirpi Burrill | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Buckeye Lake |
![]() | Equisetum arvense L. | 1937 | Sharps, M.E. | Rush Creek Twp. |
![]() | Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. | 1900 | Williamson, E.B. | New Salem |
![]() | Puccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | Buckeye Lake |
![]() | Uromyces (Link) Unger, 1833 | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | Buckeye Lake |
![]() | Cercosporella cana (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1903 | Kellerman, W.A. | Buckeye Lake |
![]() | Absconditella sphagnorum Vzda & Poelt | 1910 | F. Detmers | Buckeye Lake, Cranberry Island |
![]() | Sphagnum palustre L. | 1910 | R. F. Griggs | Buckeye Lake |
![]() | Sphagnum recurvum P.Beauv. | 1910 | R. F. Griggs | Buckeye Lake |
| Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875 | 1923 | Fulton, B.B | Buckeye Lake | |
![]() | Atrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1925 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake |
| Nilobezzia mallochi Wirth, 1962 | 1925 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake |
All 135 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bruno: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busse Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Glass Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
5 since 1999The National Weather Service names Bruno in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruno | $175,000 | An attached garage collapsed onto 2 vehicles parked inside along Route 256. A shed was destroyed and siding was ripped off a house. Numerous trees were blown down. Power poles were damaged along Township Route 87.||Peak wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruno | $120,000 | Straight line winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph by a National Weather Service survey. This caused damage along a path that was about a half mile wide and 2 miles long. One tree fell onto a house. A mobile home and a school had sections of their roofs ripped off. Several residents had siding or shingles removed by the wind. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Bruno | $100,000 | An EF0 tornado skipped along a roughly 1.25 mile path. Damage indicators were sparse, however, three pull-behind campers were tossed around at the beginning of the path near Ridenour Road in a convergent pattern and tree damage at the end of the path also indicated a convergent pattern. A single wide mobile home, just off Ridenour Road, was shifted 3 to 4 feet off its foundation. Another trailer had roof damage and debris blown through the windows on the west facing side, and another outbuilding further east along the path had the roof ripped off. Several trees along the path were either uprooted or snapped. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruno | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along Township Road 235. A power line was also taken down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruno | $500 | A tree blew down onto a swing set in the backyard of a home along High Point Road near Thornville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziontown | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Thornville | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| New Reading | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Thornport | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Walser | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Firemans Park | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Glenford | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Yost | 6.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056732. 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.





















