Five Points, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Waterloo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45766. It stands on Gowler Ridge. The Survey maps it on the The Plains quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 77 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
18 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.
- 1903 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS The Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS The Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS The Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS The Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS The Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
46 since 2001The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 2001 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BYERS RD |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | MONK RD FIRE |
| 8 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM |
| 9 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | KIMBERLY RIDGE FIRE |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15140 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,199 shownMuseums hold 1,199 specimens collected within 10 miles of Five Points between 1896 and 1975: 1,017 Animalia, 126 Plantae, 46 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, Auburn E. Brower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Athens County |
![]() | Ambrosia bidentata Michx. | 1969 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Perlesta Banks, 1906 | 1898 | N. Roberts | |
![]() | Diospyros virginiana L. | 1899 | A. D. Selby | Marshfield |
![]() | Salix humilis var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
![]() | Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
![]() | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | 1902 | Morse, M. (Max) | Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio |
| Melasmia Lév., 1846 | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Athens | |
![]() | Erasmoneura vulnerata (Fitch, 1851) | 1905 | not recorded | |
| Eratoneura affinis (Fitch, 1851) | 1905 | H.T. Osborn | ||
| Eratoneura ardens (McAtee, 1920) | 1905 | H.T. Osborn |
All 1,199 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Plant 2 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Gravel Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Marshfield | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| New Mansfield | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hocking | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Luhrig | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mineral | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Carbondale | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brookville | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Glen Ebon | 4.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062764. 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.


























