Centerpoint, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45656. 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
66 since 1998The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Centerpoint between 1998 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15269 |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15786 |
| 8 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4487 |
| 8 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15690 |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | KENNISON |
| 7 April 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 147 shownMuseums hold 147 specimens collected within 10 miles of Centerpoint between 1900 and 1974: 114 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Lenzites trabeus (Pers.) Fr. | 1905 | Ricker P. L. | Bidwell |
All 147 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
3 since 2015The National Weather Service names Centerpoint in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Centerpoint | $5,000 | Indian Creek flooded and closed Route 279 near Route 35. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Centerpoint | $1,500 | High water was observed along several roadways on the evening of the 17th, including the intersection of White Oak Road and Ohio State Route 554, the intersection of Hannan Trace Road and Ohio State Route 775, and along Ohio State Route 850. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Centerpoint | $1,000 | Multiple roads were closed due to flooding, including State Routes 325, 554, and 850. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tynrhos (historical) | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Thurman | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gallia | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Grande | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cora | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Gage | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| McCormick (historical) | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Siloam (historical) | 5.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075556. 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.














