Colonial Heights, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Westland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43725. It lies in Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the New Concord quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 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
14 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 Cumberland quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
In the 1911 county history
904 words on this townshipThe county history of 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Westland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Westland Township - 904 words.
Fires nearby
39 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Heights between 2007 and 2020, burning about 127 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15863 |
| 21 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13509 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13685 |
| 22 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7926 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 229 shownMuseums hold 229 specimens collected within 10 miles of Colonial Heights between 1875 and 1972: 132 Fungi, 59 Plantae, 34 Animalia, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Adams, W.; Adams, S., Aiken 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Synechoblastus rupestris (F.Desp.) Trevis. | 1902 | F.O. Grover | Black Swamp |
![]() | Fomes fraxinophilus (Peck) Sacc. | 1922 | F. O. Grover | Black swamp |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa L. | 1875 | s.c. | Fairmont |
![]() | Enslenia albida Nutt. | 1875 | s.c. | Fairmont |
![]() | Impatiens pallida Nutt. | 1875 | Lloyd, Curtis Gates | Fairmont |
![]() | Stereum spadiceum (Pers.) Quél. | 1893 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
| Favolus europaeus Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill | |
![]() | Lenzites trabeus (Pers.) Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Pleurotus nidulans (Pers.) P.Kumm. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Polystictus versicolor (L.) Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
| unnamed | 1896 | Lloyd C. G. | College Hill |
All 229 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Colonial Heights: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Kittanning Under Clay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1850 | |
| Westland Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Westland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Manor | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Valley View Village | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cassellview | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cassell | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ridgewood Acres | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| College Hill | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Claysville | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Abledell | 4.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054644. 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.























