Crabtree, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Morgan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45648. The Survey maps it on the Wakefield quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 76 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.
- 1915 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,406 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Morgan Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Morgan Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
64 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Crabtree between 2003 and 2020, burning about 451 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15224 |
| 2 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12405 |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,463 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,463 specimens collected within 10 miles of Crabtree between 1885 and 1975: 1,298 Animalia, 111 Fungi, 50 Plantae, 2 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan | 1893 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | Alum Rock |
![]() | Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1887 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm. | 1889 | Craig M. | Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River |
![]() | Myelochroa galbina (Ach.) Elix & Hale | 1893 | Jones, T.H.B | Otway |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
| unnamed | 1897 | Morgan | Preston | |
![]() | Peronospora polygoni Halst. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
All 1,463 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Crabtree: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucasville Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lucasville Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Taylor Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Waller Brothers Stone Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Taylor Stone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Waller Brothers Stone Company | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crabtree in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Crabtree | $10,000 | High water was reported on State Route 348 between mile post 10 and 11. A truck was also washed off the road at Cooper Road and Route 348. A water rescue took place. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabtree | $4,000 | A few trees were downed onto power lines. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabtree | $3,000 | Multiple trees were downed. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabtree | $1,000 | A large tree was downed across Henry Deemer Road in Union Township. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Crabtree | - | Several Roads throughout Scioto County were closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arion | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bear Creek | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sedan | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Henley | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Owensville | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| McDermott | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Otway | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Clifford | 5.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062719. 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.






















