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Grape Grove, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45335. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Grape Grove within Greene County

Then and now

1916 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grape Grove, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Grape Grove, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1902 county history

693 words on this township

The county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Ross Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Ross Township - 693 words.

Fires nearby

1 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Grape Grove between 2002 and 2002, 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 ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 July 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 239 shown

Museums hold 239 specimens collected within 10 miles of Grape Grove between 1873 and 1975: 141 Animalia, 66 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. M. Evans, A. R. Boone 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.EvansLeiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans1922William Bayard Taylor; G. H. ConklinClifbore[sp?] Gorge
A photograph of the species Rhynchostegium serrulatum, not of this specimenRhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger1873Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Rhytidium rugosum, not of this specimenRhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb.1873not recordedClifton
A photograph of the species Thamnobryum alleghaniense, not of this specimenThamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll.Hal.) Nieuwl.1875H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
Brachythecium laetum (Brid.) Schimp.1876not recordedClifton
Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger1876Mrs. Spence
A photograph of the species Bryum affine, not of this specimenBryum affine (Blandow ex Funck) Brid.1876Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Eurhynchium hians, not of this specimenEurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac.1876H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
A photograph of the species Geocalyx graveolens, not of this specimenGeocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees1876not recordedClifton
Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dumort.1876H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
Plagiomnium affine (Blandow ex Funck) T.J.Kop.1876not recordedClifton
Plagiothecium deplanatum (Bruch & Schimp. ex Sull.) Spruce1876Hannah J. BiddlecomeClifton

All 239 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grape Grove: 2 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cedarville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cedarville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms nearby

3 since 2019

The National Weather Service names Grape Grove in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Grape Grove$50,000This tornado appears to have begun on Lackey Road, where the first visible signs of tree damage were observed. The tornado is believed to have then moved across the field between Lackey Road and South Charleston Road.||Damage was next observed on Paullin Road, where one residence had minor structural damage with some roof and siding removed. Additionally, multiple large tree limbs were downed in the vicinity. There was also a power pole that was knocked down along Paullin Road. Evidence of a tornadic circulation could be seen in the field to the southeast of Paullin Road.||The most significant damage from this tornado occurred along Watkins Road, where splatter of mud, dirt and insulation were observed on all sides of a residence. Several windows were blown in, with some roof and siding damage observed on multiple sides of the home. The carport was also destroyed. Damage at this residence was consistent with EF1 tornadic damage. The tornado then continued east, crossing into Fayette County at 2255EST, about 4 mile northeast of Jamestown. The tornado then came to an end at 2257EST, about 1.3 miles north-northwest of Pleasant View.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGrape Grove$10,000A barn was destroyed near the intersection of Watkins and Paullin Roads.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGrape Grove$1,000A hardwood tree had its top snapped.

Every storm recorded in Greene County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gladstone1.9 miles11
Jamestown4.9 miles11
Mechanicsville (historical)6.8 miles11
Cedarville7.0 miles14
Shawnee Hills7.1 miles14
Pattersons Corner7.2 miles14
New Jasper8.5 miles14
Stringtown9.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061110. 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.