Kingsbury, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bedford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45769. It stands on Peach Fork. The Survey maps it on the Pomeroy quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 85 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 Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
36 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Kingsbury between 2009 and 2020, burning about 44 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15268 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15260 |
| 9 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1443 |
| 3 April 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8226 |
| 17 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15207 |
| 13 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4285 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 291 shownMuseums hold 291 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kingsbury between 1831 and 1973: 254 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. H. Jones, Carroll, G., Charles M. Roberts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass. | 1899 | Kellerman, W. A. | FLORA OF OHIO |
![]() | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1940 | Carroll, G. | Big Spruce Creek |
![]() | Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Myosotis laxa Lehm. | 1831 | C. H. Jones | Orange Twp. |
![]() | Asplenium trichomanes L. | 1840 | Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John Leonard | Meigs County, Ohio |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | In woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden |
![]() | Trichostrongylus Looss, 1905 | 1906 | E. Stevenson | Clifton |
![]() | Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl. | 1916 | Nixon, E. L. | Pomeroy |
![]() | Noturus eleutherus Jordan, 1877 | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shade River, at TR 359/Sorden Rd, 2 miles southeast of Chester OH, Chester township |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shade River, within Chester township, near Chester, Chester township |
![]() | Noturus stigmosus Taylor, 1969 | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shade River, within Chester township, near Chester, Chester township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst. | Shade River, trib of Ohio River, at Chester, center of Chester county |
All 291 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kingsbury: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meigs County Hwy Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hemlock Grove | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Darwin | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bunker Hill (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Flatwoods | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bucks Mill | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Burlingham | 3.9 miles | 13 |
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 Kingsbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133887 | 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 1062838. 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.

























