Cadmus, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45658. It stands on Trace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patriot quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
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.
- 1906 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
98 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Cadmus between 1993 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15829 |
| 24 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15827 |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SUMMER DAY FIRE |
| 28 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | TOWNHOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 134 shownMuseums hold 134 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cadmus between 1899 and 1974: 116 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Waterloo |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Arthromacra aenea | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 1924 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
| Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 1861 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Liancalus genualis Loew, 1861 | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Evarthrus seximpressus (LeConte, 1846) | 1901 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Green, 1818) | 1901 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Morse, M. (Max) | Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio |
All 134 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
7 since 2007The National Weather Service names Cadmus in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2016 | Flood | Cadmus | $20,000 | Across the southern portion of the county, Indian Guyan Creek overflowed and closed Route 218, while Rocky Fork flooded Route 775. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Cadmus | $2,000 | Multiple state routes in southern Gallia county were closed due to flooding. This included sections of State Route 218, where Indian Guyan Creek and Bullskin Creek overflowed their banks, and State Route 775 along Sand Fork. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Cadmus | - | Flooding was observed on Gallia Road, State Route 233, and State Route 141. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Cadmus | - | Route 233 was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Cadmus | - | State Route 233 was closed from flooding between State Route 141 and 0.7 miles beyond Sardis Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadmus | - | Large branches were knocked down. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Cadmus | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDaniel Crossroad | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Patriot | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gage | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Flag Spring | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Boggs (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Siloam (historical) | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sand Fork | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cora | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075501. 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.















