Apple Valley, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Howard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43028. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 54 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.
- 1912 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
In the 1862 county history
6,998 words on this townshipThe county history of 1862 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Howard Township covers location, first officers, topography, indians, early settlers and settlements, hunting.
Read the chapter on Howard Township - 6,998 words.
Fires nearby
46 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Apple Valley between 2004 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15805 |
| 14 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15810 |
| 3 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1104 |
| 1 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1094 |
| 1 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1091 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15611 |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15113 |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15583 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 410 shownMuseums hold 410 specimens collected within 10 miles of Apple Valley between 1837 and 1971: 358 Animalia, 30 Fungi, 21 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, C F WALKER, C. G. Lloyd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Nummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Cooke | 1883 | Dr. W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Pestalotia De Not., 1841 | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | No locality on label |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | Kellerman | |
![]() | Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1837 | Müller | Ohio |
![]() | Pooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1863 | Turati (comte), Ercole | |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1877 | not recorded | unspecified |
![]() | Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1879 | Willard L. Maris | |
![]() | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phyllosticta verbenae Sacc., 1879 | 1883 | Prof. Kellerman | |
![]() | Ramularia arvensis Sacc. | 1883 | Kellerman | |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1883 | Kellerman |
All 410 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Apple Valley: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darr and Hart Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandusky Dock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Mills | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Amity | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Howard | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Millwood | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gambier | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Four Corners | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Danville | 5.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2633220. 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.























