Carmel, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brushcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45133. It stands on Spargur Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rainsboro quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
17 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.
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 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
13 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Carmel between 2003 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15472 |
| 30 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12505 |
| 16 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 962 shownMuseums hold 962 specimens collected within 10 miles of Carmel between 1876 and 1975: 527 Animalia, 359 Fungi, 63 Plantae, 10 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Mycobilimbia sabuletorum (Schreb.) Hafellner | 1913 | Bruce Fink | Serpent Mound |
![]() | Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers. | 1939 | Cooke, William Bridge | Seven Caves (Highlands Nature Sanctuary) |
![]() | Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton | 1939 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rocky Fork of Paint Creek at 7 Caves |
![]() | Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link | 1876 | W. B. Cooke | Fort Hill State Memorial |
![]() | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | "Caves" Paint Creek |
![]() | Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cinna arundinacea L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Panel Creek |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Careo, Paint Creek |
![]() | Diarrhena americana P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Point Creek |
![]() | Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
All 962 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carmel: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
2 since 2022The National Weather Service names Carmel in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $10,000 | A mobile trailer was overturned and a roof panel was lifted off of a small barn. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $5,000 | Several trees were snapped and downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Mill | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Coon Crossing | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| McCoppin Mill | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Barretts Mills | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rainsboro | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| South Beach | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Highland Holiday | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Marshall | 4.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1060925. 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.




























