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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Guysville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Rome Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45735. It stands on Green Run. The Survey maps it on the Stewart quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.

Guysville within Athens County

Then and now

1904 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Guysville, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Guysville, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Photographs

8 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Harlow Lewis Calvert Farmstead, Corn Crib, South side of U.S. Route 50, 1.9 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Harlow Lewis Calvert Farmstead, Corn Crib, South side of U.S. Route 50, 1.9 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Joseph H. Marshall Farmstead, Storage Building, West side of U.S. Route 50, .7 mile south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Joseph H. Marshall Farmstead, Storage Building, West side of U.S. Route 50, .7 mile south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Jeremiah Bean Farmstead, Southwest side of U.S. Route 50, 1.8 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Jeremiah Bean Farmstead, Southwest side of U.S. Route 50, 1.8 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Edmund Bean Farmstead, West side of U.S. Route 50 at County Road 24 (Athens County), Guysville, Athens County, OH
Edmund Bean Farmstead, West side of U.S. Route 50 at County Road 24 (Athens County), Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Jeremiah Bean Farmstead, Play House, Southwest side of U.S. Route 50, 1.8 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Jeremiah Bean Farmstead, Play House, Southwest side of U.S. Route 50, 1.8 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Joseph H. Marshall Farmstead, West side of U.S. Route 50, .7 mile south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Joseph H. Marshall Farmstead, West side of U.S. Route 50, .7 mile south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Edmund Bean Farmstead, Residence, West side of U.S. Route 50 at County Road 24, 1.55 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Edmund Bean Farmstead, Residence, West side of U.S. Route 50 at County Road 24, 1.55 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Joseph H. Marshall Farmstead, Barn, West side of U.S. Route 50, .7 mile south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Joseph H. Marshall Farmstead, Barn, West side of U.S. Route 50, .7 mile south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

27 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Guysville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 1 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
23 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5926
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15774
30 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2019Misuse of fire by a minor3.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15150
9 April 2019Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15139
15 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15462

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Athens County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 921 shown

Museums hold 921 specimens collected within 10 miles of Guysville between 1831 and 1975: 782 Animalia, 112 Plantae, 19 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, Auburn E. Brower, Barnes, R. 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 Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 18131896F. L. StevensAthens County
Specimen of Ambrosia bidentata Michx.Ambrosia bidentata Michx.1969William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Myosotis laxa, not of this specimenMyosotis laxa Lehm.1831C. H. JonesOrange Twp.
A photograph of the species Tridens flavus, not of this specimenTridens flavus (L.) Hitchc.1896Selby, A.D.Caananville
A photograph of the species Aristida longespica, not of this specimenAristida longespica var. longespica1898Selby, A.D.Pleasanton
A photograph of the species Quercus minor, not of this specimenQuercus minor (Marshall) Sarg.1898Selby, A.D.Pleasanton
A photograph of the species Elaphe obsoleta, not of this specimenElaphe obsoleta obsoleta1902Morse, M. (Max)Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio
Melasmia Lév., 18461902Kellerman, W.A.Athens
A photograph of the species Erasmoneura vulnerata, not of this specimenErasmoneura vulnerata (Fitch, 1851)1905not recorded
Eratoneura affinis (Fitch, 1851)1905H.T. Osborn
Eratoneura ardens (McAtee, 1920)1905H.T. Osborn

All 921 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

11 since 2004

The National Weather Service names Guysville in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGuysville$5,000In Guysville, a tree fell onto a local home along Franklin Street.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindGuysville$5,000Trees fell onto power lines.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindGuysville$5,000A barn was damaged and trees were uprooted.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGuysville$2,000Outside the town of Guysville, several trees were blown down.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindGuysville$2,000At least one tree and power lines were blown down.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindGuysville$1,000Pines trees were blown down. A 14 foot by 12 foot outbuilding was blown over.
February 2025FloodGuysville-Portions of State Route 329 were closed due to flooding.
April 2025FloodGuysville-State Route 329 from State Route 144 to US 50 and State Route 144 from US 50 to Sweeny Street were closed due to flooding.
July 2025Flash FloodGuysville-Flooding was observed along Route 329 and local side streets of Guysville.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGuysville-Scattered locations had trees or large branches blown down.
June 2008HailGuysville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Athens 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
Cole1.1 miles14
Stewart2.0 miles14
New England3.2 miles14
Stringtown3.4 miles14
Hull3.4 miles14
Beebe3.8 miles13
Canaanville4.2 miles14
Kilvert4.4 miles14

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 GuysvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5622883The 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 1075975. 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.

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.