Adamsville, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Raccoon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45614. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vinton quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1981The 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
10 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.
- 1906 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Vinton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Vinton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
50 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Adamsville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 115 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15269 |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15786 |
| 15 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15784 |
| 23 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15764 |
| 18 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4487 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 200 shownMuseums hold 200 specimens collected within 10 miles of Adamsville between 1900 and 1974: 131 Animalia, 39 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chaetona flavipennis Coquillett, 1902 | 1900 | [Not Stated] | Vinton |
![]() | Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838 | 1900 | not recorded | |
![]() | Gymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) F.Kern | 1901 | Kellerman, W.A. | Vinton |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Arthromacra aenea | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 1924 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
| Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 1861 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Liancalus genualis Loew, 1861 | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
All 200 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Adamsville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holley Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | Producer | ||
| Queen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Queen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2002The National Weather Service names Adamsville in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Tornado (F2) | Adamsville | 3 hurt, $3,500,000 | A warm frontal boundary interacted with a complex of showers and thunderstorms to form a tornado on the southern flank of the precipitation. Touchdown was along Adamsville Road near Route 35. The roof was ripped off a home, 2 mobile homes were destroyed, along with a pole barn. The tornado then struck both rest areas on Route 35. The rest building on the north side of the highway was severely damaged. At least 2 tractor trailers were flipped over, while others parked in the lot, were damaged. Another mobile home near the rest stop was destroyed. Proceeding just east to Dewey Road, the tornado wiped a modular home off its foundation. A trailer was destroyed at the corner of Kerr and Viney Roads. Down Kerr Road, a home had its roof removed and a mobile home was moved off its foundation. On Fairview Road, another mobile home was damaged. What was amazing and fortunate, in just about all the cases, no one was home when the tornado struck. Three people were injured at the rest stop. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | $8,000 | Sporadic tree damage was noted from Farmview and Adamsville Road southward following Creekview Drive and Garners Ford Road. The most significant damage was observed at this point along Creekview Drive, where a two foot diameter partially rotten hardwood tree was snapped near the ground. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Adamsville | $5,000 | A few roads were closed by high water including State Route 141. Bullskin and Little Bullskin Creeks were a few of the creeks involved. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Adamsville | - | Raccoon Creek at Adamsville exceeded a bankfull level of 21 feet on the morning of April 7th. After cresting near 21.2 feet that evening, the creek returned below bankfull the next afternoon. Creek View Drive and the Canoe Livery Road near the Route 588 Bridge, Museum buildings near the Route 588 bridge, Bob Evans campground, Garners Ford Road, and low areas near Raccoon Creek flooded while out of its banks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Harrisburg | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| McCormick (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tynrhos (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rodney | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cora | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bidwell | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hideaway Acres | 4.2 miles | 13 |
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 Adamsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988808 | 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 1075242. 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.















