Big Walnut, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Whitehall City. It lies in ZIP code area 43213. It stands on Turkey Run. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Columbus quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1925 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 59 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.
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Big Walnut (historical) between 2007 and 2007, burning about 0 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 10,107 shownMuseums hold 10,107 specimens collected within 10 miles of Big Walnut (historical) between 1814 and 1975: 8,137 Animalia, 1,267 Fungi, 555 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 30 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni | 1900 | Tyler, F.J.; O. E. Jennings | Columbus |
![]() | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
![]() | Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1814 | not recorded | Columbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927 | 1821 | C. Huber | Columbus |
![]() | Solidago riddellii Frank | 1832 | W. A. Kellerman | A few miles N of Columbus. |
![]() | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1834 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1837 | W. S. Sullivant | Near Columbus |
![]() | Carex bullata Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Carex comosa Boott | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1897 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Clevenger, J. F. | Columbus |
All 10,107 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Big Walnut (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Claycraft No 4 & 5 Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Claycraft Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wonderland (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Taylor Station | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Eastmoor | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Doneys (historical) | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Roseland | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| East Columbus | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Truro | 2.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1806771. 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.


























