High Hill, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Meigs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43727. It stands on High Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ruraldale quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 84 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.
- 1910 USGS Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ruraldale quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Ruraldale quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Ruraldale quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Ruraldale quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Ruraldale quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
11 since 2013The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of High Hill between 2013 and 2019, burning about 30 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15064 |
| 23 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7385 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 217 shownMuseums hold 217 specimens collected within 10 miles of High Hill between 1916 and 1972: 201 Animalia, 16 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Adams, W.; Starrett, J., Adams, William 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821 | 1916 | O. | |
![]() | Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878 | 1916 | O. | |
| Anthophoridae | 1916 | not recorded | ||
![]() | Bombus vagans Smith, 1854 | 1916 | P.R. Lowry | |
![]() | Colletes nudus Robertson, 1898 | 1916 | unknown | |
![]() | Linognathus vituli (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1920 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Solenopotes capillatus Enderlein, 1904 | 1920 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Strigiphilus Mjoberg, 1910 | 1920 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Harrison Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | 1931 | not recorded | Philo, Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Philo, Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Coluber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | 1935 | Maslowski, K. (Karl) & Dambach, C. A. (Charles A.) | Blue Rock Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
All 217 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of High Hill: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Ohio Coal Co. Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ohio Power Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ohio Power Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Puskarich Limestone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2013The National Weather Service names High Hill in 1 storm report between 2013 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Hill | $5,000 | The public reported large branches down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeno | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Spratt | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Freeland | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Museville | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Coal Hill | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Young Hickory | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Clair (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Smith (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048835. 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.
























