Centerpoint, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45167. It stands on Sheep Run. The Survey maps it on the Higginsport quadrangle.
Then and now
1928 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 63 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
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.
- 1928 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
In the 1883 county history
49,884 words on this townshipThe county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Union Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Union Township - 49,884 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Centerpoint between 2012 and 2012, burning about 1 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 | 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 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 374 shownMuseums hold 374 specimens collected within 10 miles of Centerpoint between 1883 and 1974: 289 Animalia, 75 Fungi, 10 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A. Braun, Ahles, H.E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hirneola auricularis (Gray) Donk | 1903 | Blickle, A.H. | Brown County, Ohio |
![]() | Caloptilia speciosella (Braun, 1939) | 1929 | A. Braun | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1938 | R. Rhoades | Small Branch To Ohio River, 1 mile NW Of Higginsport, Lewis Township |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | Kellerman W. A. | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Stictis Pers., 1800 | 1883 | Kellerman W. A. | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Valsa ludibunda Sacc. | 1885 | Rev. C. H. Demetrio | (a) Missouri, (b) Newfield, N. J. |
![]() | Equisetum hyemale L. | 1897 | Kreke, Fr. M. | Arnheim |
| Cercospora circumscissa Sacc. | 1899 | Patterson Flora W. | Ripley | |
![]() | Cercospora sordida Sacc. | 1899 | King H. B. | Ripley |
![]() | Cercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura | 1899 | Patterson Flora W. | Ripley |
| Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter | 1899 | Patterson Flora W. | Ripley | |
| Microsphaera peckii U.Braun | 1899 | Patterson F. W. | Ripley |
All 374 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Centerpoint: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Engineer Lms. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| White Oak Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maysville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms nearby
2 since 2022The National Weather Service names Centerpoint in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeds | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Levanna | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hillman (historical) | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Higginsport | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Stringtown | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ripley | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Georgetown | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| East Ripley | 4.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062691. 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.




















