Anthony, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lodi Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45735. The Survey maps it on the Alfred quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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
13 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.
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Alfred quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Alfred quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Alfred quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Alfred quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
14 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Anthony between 2007 and 2020, burning about 30 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15774 |
| 30 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15150 |
| 9 April 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15139 |
| 15 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15462 |
| 25 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7628 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,095 shownMuseums hold 1,095 specimens collected within 10 miles of Anthony between 1831 and 1975: 944 Animalia, 123 Plantae, 19 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, A. H. Blickle, Auburn E. Brower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Athens County |
![]() | Ambrosia bidentata Michx. | 1969 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Myosotis laxa Lehm. | 1831 | C. H. Jones | Orange Twp. |
![]() | Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. | 1896 | Selby, A.D. | Caananville |
![]() | Aristida longespica var. longespica | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Pleasanton |
![]() | Quercus minor (Marshall) Sarg. | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Pleasanton |
![]() | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | 1902 | Morse, M. (Max) | Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio |
| Melasmia Lév., 1846 | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Athens | |
![]() | Erasmoneura vulnerata (Fitch, 1851) | 1905 | not recorded | |
| Eratoneura affinis (Fitch, 1851) | 1905 | H.T. Osborn | ||
| Eratoneura ardens (McAtee, 1920) | 1905 | H.T. Osborn |
All 1,095 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
3 since 2013The National Weather Service names Anthony in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2013 | Lightning | Anthony | $4,000 | A garage was struck, causing a fire. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthony | $2,000 | The survey team found several trees down in the area. This included along Sand Ridge Road, Mill School Road and Fossil Rock Road. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anthony | $750 | A downed tree also brought down power lines at Fossil Rock Road and Sargent Road in Guysville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Carsey Town | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Garden | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Shade | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pratts Fork | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stringtown | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lottridge | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lysander | 4.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048462. 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.
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.





















