Circle Hill, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45308. It stands on Little Painter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gettysburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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.
- 1911 USGS Covington quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Covington quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Gettysburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Gettysburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
58,421 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Newton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Newton Township - 58,421 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 307 shownMuseums hold 307 specimens collected within 10 miles of Circle Hill between 1835 and 1973: 292 Animalia, 11 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin 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 | 1897 | F. L. Stevens | Sugar Grove. |
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Phyllosticta podophylli (M.A.Curtis) G.Winter | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Carex albursina E.Sheld. | 1835 | Collector unknown | |
![]() | Carex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig | 1835 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1898 | Collector(s): L. Kumlein | Milton, Ohio |
![]() | Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck. | 1899 | Young, WU | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1926 | not recorded | |
![]() | Melampsora medusae Thüm. | 1927 | Mendenhall E. W. | Miami Co. |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Stillwater River, trib of Miami River, northern part of Union Twnp |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Ludlow Falls, Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Ludlow Falls, Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio |
All 307 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 Circle Hill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poeppelman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wise Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
2 since 2014The National Weather Service names Circle Hill in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Circle Hill | $50,000 | The tornado first touched down south of W Sugar Grove Circle Hill Road. It then tracked east through Sugar Grove before ending with damage near Mowry Road. Reports and photo evidence from numerous citizens in the area, in addition to emergency management officials, helped determine the extent of this tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 80 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Circle Hill | $1,000 | A large tree and a power line were downed northwest of Pleasant Hill due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Grove | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pattytown | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| West Covington | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rowdyville (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bradford | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Covington | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mulberry Grove | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1039124. 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.
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.
























