Humboldt, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Paint Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45612. It stands on Nevins Hill. The Survey maps it on the South Salem quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 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
13 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.
- 1917 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 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
16 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Humboldt between 2006 and 2020, burning about 124 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4949 |
| 12 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6750 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 791 shownMuseums hold 791 specimens collected within 10 miles of Humboldt between 1910 and 1975: 521 Animalia, 228 Fungi, 34 Plantae, 8 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lecidea coarctata (Turner) Nyl. | 1914 | Bruce Fink | Bainbridge |
![]() | Clavaria striata Pers. | 1930 | Cooke, William Bridge | Jones Hill |
![]() | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | "Caves" Paint Creek |
![]() | Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cinna arundinacea L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Panel Creek |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Careo, Paint Creek |
![]() | Diarrhena americana P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Point Creek |
![]() | Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Caves Paint Cr., E Highland Co |
![]() | Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek, in Paint Creek Gorge |
All 791 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 Humboldt: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bainbridge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitdale | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| South Salem | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bainbridge | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| New Salem (historical) | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lyndon | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Thrifton | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dills | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Harper | 6.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064876. 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.
























