Careytown, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Penn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45159. The Survey maps it on the New Vienna quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 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
11 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.
- 1917 USGS Sabina quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Sabina quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
3 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Careytown between 2002 and 2002, burning about 0 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 February 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 796 shownMuseums hold 796 specimens collected within 10 miles of Careytown between 1880 and 1973: 588 Animalia, 155 Fungi, 40 Plantae, 12 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Braun, Adams, J. (Joe) & Hutchins, E. (Edward), Breiding, G. (George) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Entyloma compositarum Farl. | 1894 | F. L. Stevens | Highland Falls. |
![]() | Aecidium asterum Schwein. | 1895 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia podophylli Schwein. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Highland County |
![]() | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1880 | not recorded | Lees Creek, Leesburg, North America |
![]() | Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829) | 1881 | S.M. Taggert | Lees Creek, Leesburg, North America |
![]() | Dizygopleura Ulrich & Bassler, 1923 (fossil) | 1921 | Bucher & E. Ulrich | .5mi W Of Sinking Spring (Thin Cherty Layer In Lower Part Of Bisher Member) |
![]() | Hemitrichia stipitata (Massee) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1922 | Cooke, William Bridge | Seven Caves (Highlands Nature Sanctuary) |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Cololejeunea biddlecomiae (Austin ex Pearson) A.Evans | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi | 1924 | M. A. Taylor |
All 796 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Careytown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms nearby
6 since 2012The National Weather Service names Careytown in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Careytown | $20,000 | Deep high water was reported over Jones Road and New Vienna Road due to heavy rainfall. Vehicles were reportedly flooded out in attempts to cross the flooded roadways. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Careytown | $3,000 | A few trees were downed on Mad River Road near New Vienna. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Careytown | $1,000 | A large tree, 14 to 16 inches in diameter, was knocked down. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Careytown | $1,000 | Deep high water impassible for vehicles was reported over Careytown Road due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Careytown | $1,000 | A foot of water was reported flowing over Powell Road. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Careytown | - | Ponding of water was reported along State Route 73 near the Clinton-Highland County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gist Settlement | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fallsville (historical) | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Highland Station | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Samantha | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Highland | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Leesburg | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Willettsville | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bridges | 5.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062685. 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.






















