Fursville, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Pataskala City. It lies in ZIP code area 43062. The Survey maps it on the Jersey quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 58 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
10 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.
- 1908 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jersey quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jersey quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jersey quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
5 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fursville between 2009 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15770 |
| 28 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15730 |
| 9 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 695 shownMuseums hold 695 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fursville between 1890 and 1975: 671 Animalia, 20 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. R. Elliott, C.C. Green 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hypoxylon atropunctatum (Schwein.) Cooke | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia seymeriae Burrill | 1890 | not recorded | Alexandria |
![]() | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1894 | not recorded | Alexandria |
![]() | Polyporus biennis (Bull.) Fr. | 1911 | Overholts, L. O. | West Elkton o around beech stump |
![]() | Polyporus giganteus (Pers.) Fr. | 1915 | Leeper, Burtt | Salem o around beech stump |
![]() | Tremellodon gelatinosus (Scop.) Fr. | 1935 | G. W. Martin | Old Man's Cave State Park |
![]() | Dothistroma pini Hulbary | 1936 | C.C. Green | Old Man's Grove |
![]() | Tabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1806 | 1946 | Edw S Thomas | Ash Cave |
![]() | Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1950 | L. J. Gier | White's Gulch |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | S Fk Licking River, Beaver Run on TR 35 about 0.4 mi W of SR 37. |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) & Lea, C. (Carol) | S.Fk.Licking River, Bell Run; Br. on TR 35 about 1.5 mi W of SR 37 |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | S Fk Licking River, Beaver Run on TR 35 about 0.4 mi W of SR 37. |
All 695 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 Fursville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Center | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Moreland Corners | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Summit Station | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pataskala | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wagram | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Jersey | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Etna | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Beechwood Trails | 3.8 miles | 10 |
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 Q122557534 | 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 1061365. 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.





















