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

Brush Ridge, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Grand Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43302. The Survey maps it on the Morral quadrangle.

Brush Ridge within Marion County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brush Ridge, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Brush Ridge, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 198 shown

Museums hold 198 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brush Ridge between 1919 and 1975: 190 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Ogilvie, Acker, G., Baumgartner, L. 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 Elasmus albizziae Burks, 1965Elasmus albizziae Burks, 19651964J. Peacock[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Fusarium culmorum, not of this specimenFusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc.1919Lewis H. L.Marion
A photograph of the species Helminthosporium teres, not of this specimenHelminthosporium teres Sacc.1919MCFARLAND F. T.Marion
A photograph of the species Puccinia rubigo-vera, not of this specimenPuccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton1919MCFARLAND F. T.Marion
A photograph of the species Photinus pyralis, not of this specimenPhotinus pyralis (Linnaeus, 1767)1923not recordedMarion
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Grand Twp: along Tymochtee Cr., Marion Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tymochtee Creek, within Montgomery township, near Meeker, Montgomery township
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tymochtee Creek tributary, within Montgomery township, near Meeker, Montgomery township
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Montgomery Twp.: Tymochtee Creek trib., Marion Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambystoma tigrinum, not of this specimenAmbystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)W. of Marion, Big Island Twp., Marion Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pseudacris triseriata, not of this specimenPseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)W. of Marion, Big Island Twp., Marion Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)W. of Marion, Big Island Twp., Marion Co., Ohio

All 198 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brush Ridge: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Marbrick Number 1 PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
J.M. Hamilton and Sons Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J.M. Hamilton and Sons QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Marion PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Marion Plant QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms nearby

2 since 2013

The National Weather Service names Brush Ridge in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 1 hail, 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
April 2023Thunderstorm WindBrush Ridge-Semi truck overturned at U.S. Route 23 and OH Route 4 NNE of Marion.
April 2013HailBrush Ridge-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail north of Marion.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Morral3.1 miles12
Carpenters Corners4.3 miles12
Tobias4.6 miles11
Grandview Estates4.8 miles11
Bellaire Gardens4.8 miles13
River Valley Estates5.1 miles11
Ruth5.6 miles13
Big Island6.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056734. 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.