Greenland, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Deerfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. The Survey maps it on the Andersonville quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 74 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.
- 1912 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Andersonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Andersonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Andersonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Andersonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Greenland between 2009 and 2009, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2009 | 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 931 shownMuseums hold 931 specimens collected within 10 miles of Greenland between 1895 and 1975: 797 Animalia, 69 Fungi, 62 Plantae, 2 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cronquist, A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande, Alexander, R.D. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1895 | F. L. S. | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia tanaceti DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Elanoides forficatus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Seip, J. (John) | Near Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Heterosternuta wickhami (Zaitzev, 1908) | 1898 | Scott O'Dee | |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1901 | not recorded | Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophophanes Kaup, 1829 | 1901 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Clitocybe cartilaginea (Bull.) Bres. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicoth |
| Cantharellus floccosus Schwein. | 1903 | Hard, Miron | Chilicothe | |
| Favolus europaeus Fr. | 1903 | Hard, Miron | Chillicoth | |
![]() | Panus torulosus (Pers.) Fr. | 1903 | Hard, Miron; Troyer, A | Chillicoth |
![]() | Clitocybe (Fr.) Staude, 1857 | 1905 | Hard, Miron | Chillocothe |
All 931 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Greenland: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fuller Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 1997The National Weather Service names Greenland in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Greenland | $100,000 | The tornado appears to have touched down near Vollmar Road. Numerous trees were knocked down in a field between Vollmar Road and Albright Mill Road and additional hardwood trees and limbs were blown down at two residences along Albright Mill Road. The roof of one of the residences also sustained damage, where part of the roof was lifted off and blown across the road. A back porch was also destroyed. Damage in this area was estimated be near 85 mph, which corresponds to a high end EF0 tornado.||Additional tree damage occurred to the east of Albright Mill Road, primarily on Egypt Pike and Cattail Road. The tornado is believed to have ended on or just east of Cattail Road as no additional damage was observed east of Cattail Road. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Greenland | $25,000 | A second tornado formed from a mini-supercell which tracked across much of northern Ross county. Much of the county is open fields so very little structural damage occurred. However, a barn roof was ripped off and power lines were downed near Kingston. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenland | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on Westfall Road. A car port was also blown onto a vehicle. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Greenland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carey | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Brownstown (historical) | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Frankfort | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Clarksburg | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| View (historical) | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Grove | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Austin | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Musselman | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Greenland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133789 | 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 1064758. 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.























