Freeland, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Rich Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43727. The Survey maps it on the Norwich quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 84 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
15 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.
- 1910 USGS Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
21 since 2013The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Freeland between 2013 and 2019, burning about 60 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15152 |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,027 shownMuseums hold 1,027 specimens collected within 10 miles of Freeland between 1908 and 1975: 968 Animalia, 56 Plantae, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Wright, Adams, W., Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821 | 1916 | O. | |
![]() | Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878 | 1916 | O. | |
![]() | Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813 | 1954 | Betty Dasch | New Concord |
![]() | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1908 | A. H. Wright | New Concord |
![]() | Medicago sativa L. | 1911 | Coleman, J. | New Concord |
| Anthophoridae | 1916 | not recorded | ||
![]() | Bombus vagans Smith, 1854 | 1916 | P.R. Lowry | |
![]() | Colletes nudus Robertson, 1898 | 1916 | unknown | |
![]() | Linognathus vituli (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1920 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Solenopotes capillatus Enderlein, 1904 | 1920 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Strigiphilus Mjoberg, 1910 | 1920 | P. R. Lowry | |
| Allocapnia recta (Claassen, 1924) | 1935 | H.H. Ross |
All 1,027 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Freeland: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Power Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ohio Power Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Puskarich Limestone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2012The National Weather Service names Freeland in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $40,000 | One woman was killed and another man injured when the barn they were in collapsed due to the straight line winds. They were checking on their animals when the barn collapsed. The man was able to escape. The woman was not. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeland | - | The local emergency manager reported trees down east of Chandlersville, OH. Time estimated based on radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith (historical) | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rich Hill (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Spratt | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Chandlersville | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rix Mills | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| High Hill | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| McDonald | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Clair (historical) | 4.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064685. 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.
























