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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Massieville, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Scioto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. It stands on North Branch Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chillicothe East quadrangle.

Massieville within Ross County

Then and now

1906 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Massieville, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Massieville, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

40 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Massieville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources14305
25 June 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1141
21 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15214
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12411
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11235
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15196
17 April 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ross County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,613 shown

Museums hold 1,613 specimens collected within 10 miles of Massieville between 1874 and 1975: 1,116 Animalia, 398 Fungi, 87 Plantae, 8 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, A. C. Lincoln, A. Cronquist 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 18131895F. L. S.Ross County
Specimen of Puccinia tanaceti DC.Puccinia tanaceti DC.1895F. L. StevensRoss County
Specimen of Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC.Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC.1895F. L. StevensRoss County
A photograph of the species Euaesthetus iripennis, not of this specimenEuaesthetus iripennis Casey, 18841874[Not Stated][Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Myrmedonia loricata, not of this specimenMyrmedonia loricata Casey, 18931874[Not Stated][Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Passiflora lutea, not of this specimenPassiflora lutea L.1885Safford, William EdwinChillicothe
A photograph of the species Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae, not of this specimenAlbugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle1896Selby, A. D.Chillicothe
Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc.1896Selby A. D.Chillicothe
A photograph of the species Elanoides forficatus, not of this specimenElanoides forficatus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1898Seip, J. (John)Near Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lophodytes cucullatus, not of this specimenLophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1901not recordedRoss, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lophophanes Kaup, not of this specimenLophophanes Kaup, 18291901Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Ross, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Armillaria mellea, not of this specimenArmillaria mellea (Vahl) P.Kumm.1902Hard, MironChillicothe

All 1,613 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

17 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Massieville in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Flash FloodMassieville1 killed, $5,000no account filed
March 2018FloodMassieville1 killedTrego Creek was running high due to recent heavy rains. An 8 year old boy drowned after being swept away in the creek. M8IW.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMassieville$50,000About 75 trees were blown down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMassieville$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Massieville due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMassieville$15,000Numerous trees were uprooted south of Chillicothe. A few homes also had shingle damage.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMassieville$10,000Trees were reported knocked down throughout the county.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMassieville$6,000Numerous trees and large branches were knocked down along Trego Creek, Lunbeck and Malone Roads.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMassieville$5,000Trees were downed.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMassieville$3,000Several trees were downed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMassieville$3,000Trees were reported knocked down near the intersection of Three Locks Road and U.S. 23.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindMassieville$3,000Several trees were downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMassieville$3,000Large limbs were knocked down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMassieville$500A tree branch was reported knocked down.
May 2025FloodMassieville-High water was reported over Rozelle Creek Road.
March 2017FloodMassieville-Numerous roads were closed due to high water across eastern Ross County. This included locations along US 50 as well as State Routes 180 near Adelphi, 104, 50, 41 and 327 near Londonderry. High water also closed a few roads in the Richmond Dale area.
June 2015HailMassieville-no account filed
May 2014HailMassieville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ross County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Deadman Crossing2.1 miles15
Renick2.4 miles15
Three Locks3.2 miles15
Renick Junction3.8 miles15
Schrader4.1 miles15
Vauces4.1 miles15
Belleview Heights4.2 miles14
Pride4.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061482. 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.