Colonial Hills, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44905. It stands on Touby Run. The Survey maps it on the Pavonia quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 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.
- 1908 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pavonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pavonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pavonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
9,672 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 Madison Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Madison Township - 9,672 words.
Fires nearby
2 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Hills between 2003 and 2005, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 718 shownMuseums hold 718 specimens collected within 10 miles of Colonial Hills between 1835 and 1975: 492 Plantae, 216 Animalia, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Berra, T. (Tim), C F WALKER, Chase, H. (Hazel) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783) | 1892 | not recorded | Mansfield |
![]() | Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein, 1798) | 1892 | not recorded | Mansfield |
![]() | Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C.Presl | 1895 | Wilkinson, E. | Mansfield. |
![]() | Alisma subcordatum Raf. | 1835 | Wilkinson, E. | Mansfield |
![]() | Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. | 1835 | Wilkinson, E. | Mansfield |
![]() | Carex stricta Lam. | 1835 | Herb. of E. Wilkinson | Mansfield |
![]() | Erigeron bellidifolius Muhl. ex Willd. | 1835 | Wilkinson,E. 5229 | [USA, Ohio] Mansfield, Ohio. |
![]() | Penthorum sedoides L. | 1835 | E. Wilkinson | Mansfield |
![]() | Verbascum thapsus L. | 1835 | Wilkinson, E. | Mansfield |
![]() | Achillea millefolium L. | 1836 | Wilkinson, E. | Mansfield |
![]() | Angelica atropurpurea L. | 1836 | Wilkinson, E. | Mansfield |
![]() | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. | 1836 | Wilkinson, E. | Mansfield |
All 718 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 Colonial Hills: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Steel-Cyclops Div/ Mansfield | Iron | Producer | ||
| Richland Pit | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Heights | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wooster Heights | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Grove (historical) | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| East Mansfield | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Mansfield | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fleming Falls | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Midpoint Woods | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Roseland | 3.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2516719. 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.

























