Auburn, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45013. It stands on Salmon Run. The Survey maps it on the Millville quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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.
- 1915 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Millville quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Millville quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Millville quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Millville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
In the 1905 county history
25,952 words on this townshipThe county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Ross Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Ross Township - 25,952 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,850 shownMuseums hold 1,850 specimens collected within 10 miles of Auburn between 1835 and 1975: 865 Animalia, 761 Fungi, 153 Plantae, 57 Protozoa, 13 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A. V. J.; W. G. S., A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Leptostromataceae | 1883 | Prof. W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Lancaster. |
![]() | Taphrina communis (Sadeb.) Giesenh. | 1888 | J. L. James | |
![]() | Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey | 1835 | Collector unknown | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
| Carex convoluta Mack. | 1835 | Collector unspecified | "Miami" | |
![]() | Carex gracillima Schwein. | 1835 | B. Frank | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
![]() | Spiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Tringa solitaria A.Wilson, 1813 | 1879 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 | 1880 | not recorded | |
![]() | Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Tringa melanoleuca (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1880 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Gavia immer (Brunnich, 1764) | 1881 | Porter, J.B. |
All 1,850 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Auburn: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
3 since 2022The National Weather Service names Auburn in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Auburn | - | Water was flowing over Layhigh Road near Chapel Road. Water was overtopping the road at the location of a culvert. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Auburn | - | High water was reported on Hamilton Scipio Road near Chapel Road. |
| September 2022 | Flood | Auburn | - | High water was reported near the intersection of Layhigh and Chapel Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layhigh | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bunker Hill | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Charles | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Millville | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Queen Acres | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| McGonigle | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hanover (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Reily | 4.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064353. 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.
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.
























