East Springfield, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43925. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1901 USGS Cadiz quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Cadiz quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Cadiz quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
13 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of East Springfield between 2003 and 2020, burning about 21 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1781 |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 721 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12909 |
| 14 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8205 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12912 |
| 12 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13765 |
| 30 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 428 shownMuseums hold 428 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Springfield between 1896 and 1974: 342 Animalia, 79 Plantae, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. W. Cusick, A.W. Cusick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia monardae J.W.Baxter | 1896 | Ashcraft | Near Middleburg |
![]() | Catocala epione Drury, 1773 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Catocala residua Grote, 1874 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Icterus galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1900 | A. Doolittle | Richmond |
| Mollisia dehnii (Rabenh.) P.Karst. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
![]() | Xylaria cubensis (Mont.) Fr. | 1924 | Leonard E. C. | Indian Lake |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | MB Trautman & assistant | Cross Creek, trib of the Ohio River at Broadacre, Wayne Twp. |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & assistant | Cross Creek, trib of the Ohio River at Broadacre, Wayne Twp. |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & assistant | Cross Creek, trib of the Ohio River at Broadacre, Wayne Twp. |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | MB Trautman & assistant | Cross Creek, trib of the Ohio River at Broadacre, Wayne Twp. |
All 428 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
3 since 2001The National Weather Service names East Springfield in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Springfield | $2,000 | Trees down. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Springfield | - | A local resident reported trees down near County Road 60. |
| April 2001 | Hail | East Springfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleburg | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wolf Run | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Circle Green | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Fairfield | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Annapolis | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Shane | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Amsterdam | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| The Eastern | 3.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064589. 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.



























