Feed Springs, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44683. It lies in Utterback Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Tippecanoe quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 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
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.
- 1909 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Uhrichsville 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
- 1961 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
9 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Feed Springs between 2004 and 2020, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12185 |
| 17 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15476 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11206 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12628 |
| 30 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7487 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 145 shownMuseums hold 145 specimens collected within 10 miles of Feed Springs between 1889 and 1971: 119 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams J. M. R., Adams J. R. M., Conan J. Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Oxalis stricta L. | 1889 | L. Dickerson | |
![]() | Solanum emulans Raf. | 1889 | L. Dickerson | |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(3 mi above) |
![]() | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1905 | Ortmann, A.E. | Bowerston |
| Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd. | 1911 | Sterki | along B.& O. Ry, 2 mi NE of Uhrichsville | |
| Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell | 1914 | Sterki | along B & O Ry, 2 mi NE of Uhrichsville |
All 145 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Feed Springs: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Clay Corporation Mill | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tappan | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Station 15 | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| West Shore Cottage Area | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| East Shore Cottage Area | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Deersville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Smithdale (historical) | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tippecanoe | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557195 | 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 1064645. 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.























