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Eagle Mills, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Eagle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45647. It stands on Pretty Run. The Survey maps it on the Ratcliffburg quadrangle.

Eagle Mills within Vinton County

Then and now

1910 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eagle Mills, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Eagle Mills, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

20 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Mills between 2007 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5348
2 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarism280 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15596
18 April 2015Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1025

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vinton County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 610 shown

Museums hold 610 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eagle Mills between 1912 and 1975: 556 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 26 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. Spreitzer et al., Arden 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)1940not recordedSouth Bloomingville, 4 mi SW of, Salt Creek, Salt Creek Township
A photograph of the species Robinia hispida, not of this specimenRobinia hispida L.1912Crawford, C.G.southern Ohio
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Pigeon Creek, within Vinton Co, Vinton County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township
A photograph of the species Clinostomus elongatus, not of this specimenClinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Salt Creek tributary, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 18501928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Salt Creek tributary, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Salt Creek tributary, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township
A photograph of the species Bufo americanus, not of this specimenBufo americanus Holbrook, 18361930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)near Eagle Mills, Vinton Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Fundulus notatus, not of this specimenFundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Middle Fork Pigeon Creek, within central Harrison township, near Eagle Mills, Harrison township

All 610 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

8 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Eagle Mills in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020LightningEagle Mills1 hurtNear the town of Eagle Mills, a man was struck by lightning. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but fortunately did recover from his injuries.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills$500,000Scattered locations throughout the county had trees or large branches blown down. Around 4,000 customers lost electricity. The county middle school was set up as a cooling center and a place to charge cellular phones. Along with residences and businesses, the storm knocked out power and phone lines to the Vinton County Sheriff's Office, the McArthur Police Department, and emergency medical services.
March 2008FloodEagle Mills$10,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills$2,000Several trees were blown down near the town of Eagle Mills.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills$1,500Power poles and adjacent lines were blown down into the roadway near Eagle Mills.
June 2022Tornado (EF1)Eagle Mills$500A tornado continued from Hocking County into Vinton County. The tornado uprooted and snapped numerous hardwood trees across northern Vinton County from Macedonia Road eastward to Goosecreek Road. The tornado lifted between Goosecreek Road and Locust Grove Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills$250A downed tree was observed along Macedonia Road in Eagle Township.
July 2022HailEagle Mills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vinton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Jimtown2.4 miles14
Cox (historical)3.3 miles14
Ratcliffburg4.6 miles14
Goosetown (historical)5.4 miles16
Bee (historical)5.8 miles13
Allensville6.0 miles16
Royal6.5 miles16
Stella7.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062742. 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.

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.