Barrs Mills, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44681. The Survey maps it on the Strasburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 80 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
16 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.
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Navarre 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
- 1961 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
In the 1884 county history
4,392 words on this townshipThe county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sugar Creek Township covers name and erection, magistrates, boundaries, war of 1812, pioneers - mi l ls, schools.
Read the chapter on Sugar Creek Township - 4,392 words.
Fires nearby
9 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Barrs Mills between 2005 and 2018, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 806 |
| 12 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10525 |
| 24 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 464 |
| 25 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2609 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 266 shownMuseums hold 266 specimens collected within 10 miles of Barrs Mills between 1851 and 1973: 153 Animalia, 98 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cibula, A. Cobula, A. Woolman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Seaverinia geranii (Seaver & W.T.Horne) Whetzel | 1969 | C. W. Ellett | |
![]() | Amelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Anemone canadensis L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Cardamine douglassii Britton | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover?] |
![]() | Delphinium tricorne Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Dover |
![]() | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Hydrophyllum virginianum L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Silene virginica L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Downs [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Trillium sessile L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Dover |
| Triosteum perfoliatum L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Doon [Canal Dover?] |
All 266 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 15 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Barrs Mills: 8 producers, 6 past producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxey Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Coxey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Belden Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Belden Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Mcfarland Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 4-1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Number 4-2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Number 8 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Belden Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Belden Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2010The National Weather Service names Barrs Mills in 1 storm report between 2010 and 2010: 1 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 2010 | Flood | Barrs Mills | $75,000 | Emergency management reported widespread flooding of streams and roads due to long duration heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winklepleck Grove | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dundee | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Shanesville | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sugarcreek | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Winfield | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Strasburg | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Beartown | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Columbia | 6.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064384. 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.


























