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.
Then and now
1910 to 1992The 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.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
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.
- 1910 USGS Laurelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Laurelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Laurelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Laurelville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ratcliffburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Ratcliffburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Ratcliffburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Ratcliffburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
20 since 2007The 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5348 |
| 2 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15596 |
| 18 April 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1025 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 610 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (Green, 1827) | 1940 | not recorded | South Bloomingville, 4 mi SW of, Salt Creek, Salt Creek Township |
![]() | Robinia hispida L. | 1912 | Crawford, C.G. | southern Ohio |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Pigeon Creek, within Vinton Co, Vinton County, township n/a |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township |
![]() | Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Salt Creek tributary, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township |
![]() | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Salt Creek, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 1854 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Salt Creek tributary, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township |
![]() | Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Salt Creek tributary, within Benton township, near South Bloomingville, Benton township |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near Eagle Mills, Vinton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Trautman, 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 2008The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Lightning | Eagle Mills | 1 hurt | Near 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $500,000 | Scattered 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 2008 | Flood | Eagle Mills | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near the town of Eagle Mills. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $1,500 | Power poles and adjacent lines were blown down into the roadway near Eagle Mills. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Eagle Mills | $500 | A 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $250 | A downed tree was observed along Macedonia Road in Eagle Township. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Eagle Mills | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimtown | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cox (historical) | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ratcliffburg | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Goosetown (historical) | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bee (historical) | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Allensville | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Royal | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stella | 7.6 miles | 16 |
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.

























