Fox, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43113. The Survey maps it on the Darbyville quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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
13 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.
- 1911 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Darbyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Darbyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Darbyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fox between 2009 and 2009, burning about 0 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,895 shownMuseums hold 2,895 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fox between 1829 and 1975: 2,807 Animalia, 74 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. White, M. Trautman, T. Cavender, Abbott, R; and others 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | unnamed | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Big Walnut. |
![]() | Rallus elegans elegans Audubon, 1834 | 1829 | Florence, A. (Arledge) | Col Anderson farm 6 1/2 mi west of Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 1812 | 1876 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Darby Creek, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1877 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Goose Pond, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert, 1783 | 1879 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Mearns, E.A. | Circleville near Scioto River. |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Niles Woods, near Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
![]() | Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Scioto River bottoms near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Piranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
All 2,895 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fox: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Spradlin Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Raleigh Spradlin Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sturm & Dillard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sturm and Dillard Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sturm and Dillard Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2016The National Weather Service names Fox in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | $30,000 | A roof was blown off an attached sun room. In addition, a barn was destroyed and multiple trees were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | $5,000 | Multiple trees were reported down throughout the county. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bells (historical) | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hagerty (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Voorheis (historical) | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Little Walnut | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Spunkeytown (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sheldon (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rhoads (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133753 | 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 1048755. 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.
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.
























