Carpenters Addition, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lancaster City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43130. It stands on Main Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 77 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
13 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.
- 1907 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
9 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Carpenters Addition between 2012 and 2020, burning about 12 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15338 |
| 5 July 2020 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15801 |
| 5 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15201 |
| 5 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 742 |
| 9 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15458 |
| 19 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 524 |
| 6 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15936 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,681 shownMuseums hold 2,681 specimens collected within 10 miles of Carpenters Addition between 1839 and 1975: 1,896 Animalia, 529 Fungi, 241 Plantae, 7 Protozoa, 6 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Schrader, Angerman, C. (Carl) & Triplehorn, C. A. (Charles A.), Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Fr., 1829 | 1890 | Detmers, Freda | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1891 | M. Craig | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Kuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur | 1891 | Freda Detmers | Rock Mill |
| Coreopsis discoidea Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | ||
![]() | Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Saxifraga sullivantii Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Trillium erectum var. declinatum A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ricciocarpos natans (L.) Corda | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Rudbeckia sullivantii C.L.Boynton & Beadle | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv. | 1841 | not recorded | |
![]() | Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) Hedenäs | 1841 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant |
All 2,681 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Carpenters Addition: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blazer Plant A-1 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brewer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Davis Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Febus Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Igel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morris Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morris Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stump Hollow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarhe Town (historical) | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lancaster | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Whites | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wacker Heights | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sandstone (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Lake Estates | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Colonial Estates | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hooker | 4.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1963001. 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.























