Freeburg, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44669. The Survey maps it on the Robertsville 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
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.
- 1909 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Alliance 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 Robertsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Robertsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Robertsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Robertsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Robertsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
3 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Freeburg between 2004 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15929 |
| 4 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15930 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 117 shownMuseums hold 117 specimens collected within 10 miles of Freeburg between 1890 and 1975: 113 Animalia, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), C.R. Page, Collector(s): William D. Stull 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | Paul Morris | Alliance, near |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1893 | Sterki, Victor | Alliance |
![]() | Passerina ciris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1905 | F. A. W. Dean | Alliance |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Notropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
All 117 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 Freeburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Drive Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pleasant Valley Drive Clay Pit | Clay, Coal | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeagleys Corners | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Paris | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Maximo | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Shaffers (historical) | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| New Franklin | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Beechwood | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Myers | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064683. 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.





























