Bishopville, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45732. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle. It stands 2,690 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1911 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 91 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.
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
19 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bishopville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | ALDER |
| 12 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BOC FIRE |
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 329 BRAVO |
| 17 June 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BURLEY FIRE |
| 3 May 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | EAST |
| 6 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15648 |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | LAKE ROAD |
| 4 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | WATER WORKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 83 shownMuseums hold 83 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bishopville between 1898 and 1972: 57 Animalia, 25 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.D. Huryn, B.R. Bales, Bolen, H. (Harold) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Apocynum cannabinum L. | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrone; M. Johnson | Wolf Creek Wildlife Area |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa L. | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrowe; M. Johnson | Wolf Creek Wildlife Area |
![]() | Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr.; M. Johnson | Wolf Creek Wildlife Area. |
![]() | Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Scirpus polyphyllus Vahl | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Merulius corium (Pers.) Fr. | 1908 | Coker W. C. | Chapel Hill |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1911 | B.R. Bales | Ringgold |
![]() | Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838 | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | E. Br. of Sunday Cr., 10 mi NE of Glouster, Athens Co., Ohio |
![]() | Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1927 | MB Trautman & RB Foster | W Branch, Wolf Creek, Penn. Twp |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | East Branch Sunday Creek, within Homer township, near Glouster, Homer township |
![]() | Fontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad. | 1932 | E. L. Braun | On lower tributary of Bundle Run, above falls |
All 83 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
8 since 1999The National Weather Service names Bishopville in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flood | Bishopville | 2 killed, $15,000 | Roads were flooded, but damage to dwellings was minimal. Two brothers from Athens County died while on a fishing trip. Their flooded vehicle was found along the East Branch of Sunday Creek above Burr Oak Reservoir. Apparently, they drove into the high water at night, during the early morning hours on the 3rd. One body was found inside the vehicle. The second body was not found until the next morning, about a mile downstream. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Bishopville | $5,000 | Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell in an hour. Hyde Fork flooded portions of Route 329. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Bishopville | $5,000 | Small streams, such as Aldridge Run, flooded roads. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bishopville | $2,000 | Several large branches were blown onto the roadway near the town of Glouster, blocking traffic from flowing. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bishopville | $2,000 | Multiple trees were blown down in Burr Oak State Park. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bishopville | $750 | Two trees were blown down near the town of Glouster. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Bishopville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Bishopville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis (historical) | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Vicksville | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mountville | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Linscott (historical) | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Shilling (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wrightstown | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Elliott Crossroads | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Joy | 6.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bishopville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4918121 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075388. 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.

























