Gould Park, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Columbus City. It lies in ZIP code area 43230. It stands on Cherry Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Columbus quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 93 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
14 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.
- 1902 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Northeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Northeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Northeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Northeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Northeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Northeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Columbus city, in the words of 1858.
Beginnings Of Ohio
The Mound Builders and Indians - First White Settlements and Struggle for Possession - Indian Village at the Forks of the Scioto Attacked by Crawford and Dispersed - The Ohio Company, the Scioto Company and Symmes Purchase - Indian Power Broken and British Hopes Blasted - First Surveys - Topography, Geology and Soil of Franklin County.
In the 1858 county history
895,918 words on this townshipThe county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Columbus City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Columbus City - 895,918 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gould Park between 2007 and 2007, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 October 2007 | 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 10,288 shownMuseums hold 10,288 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gould Park between 1804 and 1975: 8,309 Animalia, 1,267 Fungi, 567 Plantae, 116 Chromista, 28 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni | 1900 | Tyler, F.J.; O. E. Jennings | Columbus |
![]() | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
![]() | Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana | 1804 | Dr. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1805 | J. R. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Carex comosa Boott | 1809 | Collector unknown | Worthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1814 | not recorded | Columbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927 | 1821 | C. Huber | Columbus |
![]() | Solidago riddellii Frank | 1832 | W. A. Kellerman | A few miles N of Columbus. |
![]() | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1834 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1837 | W. S. Sullivant | Near Columbus |
![]() | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1897 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Clevenger, J. F. | Columbus |
All 10,288 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 Gould Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claycraft Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
12 since 2012The National Weather Service names Gould Park in 12 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 4 hail. The reports record 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 | Gould Park | 1 hurt, $20,000 | At least a dozen power poles were snapped along Hamilton Road due to thunderstorm winds. One injury occurred from a pole falling on a car. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gould Park | $500 | Large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gould Park | $250 | A few large tree limbs were downed near Morse Road and I-270. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Gould Park | - | High water was reported near Little Turtle Way and State Route 161. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Gould Park | - | Cherry Bottom Road was closed due to high water. |
| July 2022 | Flood | Gould Park | - | High water was reported at the intersection of Morse and Hamilton Roads. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Gould Park | - | High water was reported near the intersection of Broadview Road and North Hamilton Road. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Gould Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gould Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gould Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Gould Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gould Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinhook | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wildwood Springs (historical) | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Huber Ridge | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Blendon Corner | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Central College | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cobblestone At The Preserve | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Minerva Park | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Albany Park | 2.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056300. 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.
























