Byhalia, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43358. The Survey maps it on the York Center quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 79 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.
- 1913 USGS Richwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Richwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Richwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS York Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS York Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 145 shownMuseums hold 145 specimens collected within 10 miles of Byhalia between 1901 and 1971: 129 Animalia, 16 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by CL & LC Hubbs, Kellerman, W.A., Kellerman, William Ashbrook 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Rhytisma Fr. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | West Mansfield |
![]() | Cercospora maianthemi Fuckel | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | West Mansfield |
![]() | Scolecotrichum graminis Fuckel | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | West Mansfield |
| Scolicotrichum graminis Fuckel | 1902 | Kellerman, William Ashbrook | West Mansfield | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
![]() | Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
![]() | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
![]() | Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Bokes Cr., on state road 21 |
All 145 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byhalia: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhold Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
8 since 1999The National Weather Service names Byhalia in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byhalia | $3,000 | Trees down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byhalia | $2,000 | A large hardwood tree was downed. Additionally, a small barn sustained roof damage. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byhalia | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto Osborne Road near the intersection of State Route 739. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byhalia | $1,000 | State Route 31 was closed between Richwood Miller Rd and Turner Rd due to a tree down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byhalia | $1,000 | One tree was knocked down across a road. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byhalia | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down on Cunningham-Arbela Road. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Byhalia | - | Cunningham Arbela and Shertzer Roads were closed due to water from Rush Creek flowing across. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Byhalia | - | Water was rushing over the road with areas of ponding surrounding the road. The road was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haynesville (historical) | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| York Center | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Arbela | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Summersville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| West Jackson | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lunda | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Claiborne | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Essex | 7.7 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Byhalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5004093 | 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 1048573. 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.






















