Kingscreek, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43078. The Survey maps it on the Kingscreek quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 78 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.
- 1914 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kingscreek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kingscreek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kingscreek quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
3 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kingscreek between 2002 and 2002, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,680 shownMuseums hold 1,680 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kingscreek between 1838 and 1975: 1,344 Animalia, 249 Plantae, 72 Fungi, 11 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, A. R. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin, H. H. Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris × boottii (Tuck.) Underw. | 1874 | Beardslee, H.C. | Cedar Swamp |
![]() | Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm. | 1877 | J. E. Biddlecome | |
![]() | Aecidium ranunculi Schwein. | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H.; Tyler, F.J. | Brush Lake |
![]() | Acer negundo L. | 1838 | Samples, John | Urbana |
![]() | Pylaisiadelpha tenuirostris (Bruch & Schimp. ex Sull.) W.R.Buck | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Cedar Swamps, 6 mi S of Urbana |
![]() | Radula complanata (L.) Dumort. | 1843 | A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant | prope Urbana Ohionis |
![]() | Radula obconica Sull. | 1843 | Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant | near Urbana |
![]() | Cratoneuron filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce | 1875 | H. J. Biddlecome | |
![]() | Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus (Hedw.) Warnst. | 1875 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
![]() | Sphagnum girgensohnii Russow | 1875 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
![]() | Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1875 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
![]() | Trichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort. | 1875 | H. J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
All 1,680 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
8 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kingscreek: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra-Met/ Urbana, Ohio | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Champlaign Co. Highway Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jacobs Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miller Excavating Urbana Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moore's Excavating Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ralph Moore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Urbana Number 215 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Urbana Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagenbaugh (historical) | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Kennard | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lippincott | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Urbana | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Northville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cable | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mingo | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Old Pimtown (historical) | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1070801. 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.
























