Leistville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Saltcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43113. The Survey maps it on the Stoutsville 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.


Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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 Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
2 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Leistville between 2007 and 2007, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 October 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,047 shownMuseums hold 1,047 specimens collected within 10 miles of Leistville between 1845 and 1975: 804 Animalia, 140 Fungi, 101 Plantae, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W.; Bartley, F., Andy White., Arden R. Gaufin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium galii Pers. | 1883 | Kellerman, W.A. | Amanda |
![]() | Caeoma cimicifugatum Schwein. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Amanda |
![]() | Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L.Nesom | 1845 | L. L. Pontius | 3 mi E of Kingston. |
![]() | Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 1812 | 1876 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Darby Creek, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bartramia pomiformis F.Weber & D.Mohr | 1880 | W. Kellerman | |
![]() | Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Mearns, E.A. | Circleville near Scioto River. |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Niles Woods, near Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
| Anomodon rostratus (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1882 | W. Kellerman | ||
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1882 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Atrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1882 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Auricularia auricula (L.) Underw. | 1882 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Bisporella pallescens (Pers.) S.E.Carp. & Korf | 1882 | W. A. Kellerman | Amanda. |
All 1,047 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
5 since 2001The National Weather Service names Leistville in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leistville | $5,000 | Minor damage was reported to a house on Shoemaker Road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leistville | $4,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leistville | $3,000 | A portion of an outdoor walkway connecting buildings at Logan Elm High School was blown over. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Leistville | - | High water was reported at Shoemaker Road and State Route 56. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Leistville | - | Hargus Creek flooded and out of its banks. The Court on the Creek trailer park was evacuated. Some low lying roads had high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Whisler | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Thacher | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Huntsville | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Tarlton | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stringtown | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Meadows | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hayesville | 5.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062849. 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.






















