Dundas, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45634. It stands on McConnel Run. The Survey maps it on the McArthur quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1980The 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.
- 1905 USGS Wilkesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Wilkesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mc Arthur quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mc Arthur quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mc Arthur quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mcarthur quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mcarthur quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
29 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Dundas between 2006 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1801 |
| 28 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4647 |
| 24 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15175 |
| 16 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4066 |
| 8 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,229 shownMuseums hold 1,229 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dundas between 1878 and 1975: 1,161 Animalia, 47 Plantae, 20 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 'Odell, D., Adams, K.; Bitner, E., Adams, W. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Houstonia caerulea L. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Hamden |
![]() | Krigia biflora (Walter) S.F.Blake | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Hamden |
![]() | Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej. | 1878 | None | Hamden |
![]() | Plantago lanceolata L. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Hamden |
![]() | Acordulecera dorsalis | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Vinton Co., OH, Vinton, Vinton, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Acordulecera mellina | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Vinton Co., OH, Vinton, Vinton, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Aglaostigma Kirby, 1882 | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Vinton Co., OH, Vinton, Vinton, Ohio, United States |
| Agrypon melleum (Cresson, 1872) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Vinton Co., OH, Vinton, Vinton, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Andrena helianthi Robertson, 1891 | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, OH, Ohio, United States |
| Arge clavicornis (Fabricius, 1781) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Vinton Co., OH, Vinton, Vinton, Ohio, United States | |
| Argyra minuta Loew, 1861 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, OH, Ohio, United States | |
| Boettcheria cimbicis (Townsend, 1892) | 1900 | Hine | Vinton, Vinton Co., OH, Vinton, Vinton, Ohio, United States |
All 1,229 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 Dundas: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamden Pit Number 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Vinton County Highway Dept Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
13 since 2012The National Weather Service names Dundas in 13 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Dundas | $5,000 | Racoon Creek flooded portions of State Route 278. Other smaller streams flowed across roads. No dwellings were flooded. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $2,000 | A tree fell onto power lines along State Route 683. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Dundas | $2,000 | Several roads were closed due to high water across eastern Vinton County. This included US Route 50, between McArthur and State Route 356. State Routes 56 and 328 were also closed. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $1,500 | Downed trees and power lines resulted in local power outages in the area of Hamden. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $1,000 | One large tree was blown down onto Depue Road near the town of McArthur. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down along DePue Road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $500 | A power line was blown down onto State Route 93 due to a fallen tree. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $500 | Multiple trees were blown down along Route 93 in the Dundas community. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $250 | A tree was blown down along Shiloh Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundas | $250 | A tree was blown down in the town of Dundas. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Dundas | - | State Route 683 between State Route 93 and Bolar Road, State Route 671 between State Route 327 and US 50, and US 50 between Memory Lane and State Route 683 were closed due to flooding. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Dundas | - | High water was observed on one lane of State Route 683 near the intersection with Murphy Remy Road. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Dundas | - | In the Dundas township, flooding was observed at the intersection of State Route 683 and Buskirk Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McArthur | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Puritan | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Vinton | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hamden | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Red Diamond | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Oreton | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Prattsville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Elk Fork | 5.5 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dundas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033989 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064565. 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.




















