North Brewster, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sugarcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44613. It stands on Elm Run. The Survey maps it on the Navarre quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 80 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
18 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.
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
1 since 2018The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of North Brewster between 2018 and 2018, burning about 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11645 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 171 shownMuseums hold 171 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Brewster between 1875 and 1975: 159 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Borror, D.J., Bruce Fink 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gloeosporium venetum Speg. | 1890 | J.T. Rice | |
![]() | unnamed | 1907 | Bruce Fink | |
![]() | Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872 | 1940 | not recorded | Navarre |
![]() | Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1875 | Sterki, Victor | Beach City |
![]() | Lanius borealis borealis | 1888 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1888 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Certhia americana americana Bonaparte, 1838 | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Pines 3 miles s of Newman Springs |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
All 171 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of North Brewster: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Corp Plant No 3 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Allied Corp. Plant Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Navarre Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Navarre Pit Mass. Washed Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2015The National Weather Service names North Brewster in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Lightning | North Brewster | 1 killed | An 82 year old man was struck by lightning and killed while working outside. This incident occurred just outside of Brewster. |
| May 2015 | Hail | North Brewster | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported quarter size hail in Brewster. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Heights | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Brewster | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Elton | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Justus | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Camp Creek | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Harmon | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pigeon Run | 2.3 miles | 18 |
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 Q122555140 | 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 1056453. 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.





























