Fallsville, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Penn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45159. It stands on Cemetery Hill. The Survey maps it on the New Vienna quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 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
11 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.
- 1917 USGS Sabina quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Sabina quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
3 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fallsville (historical) between 2002 and 2002, burning about 0 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 February 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 806 shownMuseums hold 806 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fallsville (historical) between 1880 and 1973: 598 Animalia, 155 Fungi, 40 Plantae, 12 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Braun, Adams, J. (Joe) & Hutchins, E. (Edward), Breiding, G. (George) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Entyloma compositarum Farl. | 1894 | F. L. Stevens | Highland Falls. |
![]() | Aecidium asterum Schwein. | 1895 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia podophylli Schwein. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Highland County |
![]() | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1880 | not recorded | Lees Creek, Leesburg, North America |
![]() | Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829) | 1881 | S.M. Taggert | Lees Creek, Leesburg, North America |
![]() | Dizygopleura Ulrich & Bassler, 1923 (fossil) | 1921 | Bucher & E. Ulrich | .5mi W Of Sinking Spring (Thin Cherty Layer In Lower Part Of Bisher Member) |
![]() | Hemitrichia stipitata (Massee) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1922 | Cooke, William Bridge | Seven Caves (Highlands Nature Sanctuary) |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Cololejeunea biddlecomiae (Austin ex Pearson) A.Evans | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi | 1924 | M. A. Taylor |
All 806 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fallsville (historical): 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haven Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| New Vienna Mill & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| New Vienna Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careytown | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gist Settlement | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Samantha | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Highland Station | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Highland | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Willettsville | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Leesburg | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lynwood Terrace | 5.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1053230. 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.






















