Adams Mills, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43821. The Survey maps it on the Conesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 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
14 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.
- 1908 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Conesville 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
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
14 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Adams Mills between 2012 and 2020, burning about 54 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15452 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15044 |
| 26 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15083 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15068 |
| 22 March 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4031 |
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12027 |
| 12 March 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15480 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 380 shownMuseums hold 380 specimens collected within 10 miles of Adams Mills between 1866 and 1975: 226 Animalia, 146 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, Adams, W., Adams, W.; Adams, S. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Plasmopara cubensis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Humphrey | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Trinway |
![]() | Synchytrium decipiens (Farl.) Farl. | 1931 | E. B. Mains | |
![]() | Arabis hesperidoides (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray | 1866 | Day, D.F. | Dresden |
![]() | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1893 | Smith, Herbert H | Adams Mills, Barrs Mills |
![]() | Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) | 1893 | Smith, Herbert H | Adams Mills |
| Hebata esuma (Goding, 1890) | 1917 | not recorded | ||
![]() | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township |
![]() | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township |
![]() | Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Trinway, Cass Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Frazeysburg, Jackson Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Near Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Frazeysburg, Jackson Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
All 380 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 Adams Mills: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Gravel Co Plant No 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cox Sand & Gravel Plant No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
7 since 2008The National Weather Service names Adams Mills in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 3 flood, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Adams Mills | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported flash flooding on State Route 16 near Adams Mills. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Adams Mills | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported flooding in Adams Mills on Raiders Road. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Adams Mills | $5,000 | The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado in |northeastern Muskingum County just east of Dresden on Stilwell |Road off of Boy Scout Road. The damage was confined to a remote |section of the county where about 15 to 20 hardwood trees were |snapped half way up, while two trees were observed to be uprooted.|Downed trees closed Stilwell Road for a time during the evening. A peak wind speed of 95 MPH was estimated.||This was the third tornado in six weeks for Muskingum County, and since 1950, this is the 19th tornado that has been recorded in the county. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Adams Mills | $5,000 | Local law enforcement reported County Road 16 through Adam Mills was closed due to flooding. The roadway was completely underwater. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Adams Mills | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported flash flooding on Route 16 at Adams Mills. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Adams Mills | $5,000 | A county official reported SR 16 flooded near Adams Mills. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Adams Mills | - | The county emergency manager reported that State Route 16 was closed in both directions near Adams Mills. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wills Town (historical) | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Trinway | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dresden | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wakatomika (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lower Dresden | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Cut | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ferncliff (historical) | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Adamsville | 6.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064296. 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.
























