Greendale, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. It stands on Kitchen Run. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1907 against another survey:
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.
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
120 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Greendale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 ceremony | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TRAIL HEAD 5 FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | LABOR FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PINE FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | HIDEWAY FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BOX FIRE |
| 25 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15833 |
| 10 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TWIN |
| 27 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | ORV FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 512 shownMuseums hold 512 specimens collected within 10 miles of Greendale between 1894 and 1975: 470 Animalia, 21 Protozoa, 16 Fungi, 5 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, Brodo, Irwin M., Buker, W.E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stamnaria americana Massee & Morgan | 1894 | W. A. Kellerman | Logan |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1909 | not recorded | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 1854 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
All 512 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greendale: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Brick Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Gery Brick Plant | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Greendale Minerals Lease | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Columbus Clay Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Columbus Clay Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kishler Trucking & Mining Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Nutter Brothers Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
5 since 1995The National Weather Service names Greendale in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greendale | $3 | Several large trees were downed, some across roads. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Greendale | - | High water was reported over the intersection of State Route 278 and State Route 595. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Greendale | - | High water was reported on several roads across the county, including State Routes 93 and 595. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Greendale | - | High water was reported near Dawley New Pittsburgh Road and State Route 278. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Greendale | - | High water was reported flowing across Route 595. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kachelmacher (historical) | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sand Run Junction | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lost Run (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Maysville | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sand Run | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Monday Creek Junction | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gore | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Old Gore | 2.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075962. 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.

























