Maximo, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44601. The Survey maps it on the Limaville quadrangle. It stands 1,184 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
18 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.
- 1909 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Limaville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Limaville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Limaville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Limaville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Limaville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
2 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Maximo between 2020 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15929 |
| 4 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15930 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 91 shownMuseums hold 91 specimens collected within 10 miles of Maximo between 1890 and 1975: 85 Animalia, 4 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Bryan, J. M., Collector(s): William D. Stull 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | Paul Morris | Alliance, near |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1893 | Sterki, Victor | Alliance |
![]() | Picoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832) | 1903 | not recorded | New Baltimore |
![]() | Passerina ciris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1905 | F. A. W. Dean | Alliance |
![]() | Anodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Ravenna, Congress Lake Outlet=Breakneck Creek |
![]() | Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Ravenna, Congress Lake Outlet=Breakneck Creek |
![]() | Lasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Ravenna, Congress Lake Outlet=Breakneck Creek |
![]() | Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Ravenna, Congress Lake Outlet=Breakneck Creek |
![]() | Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Ravenna, Congress Lake Outlet=Breakneck Creek |
![]() | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek, within northeast Plain township, near North Canton, Plain township |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek, within east Plain township, near North Canton, Plain township |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek, within east Plain township, near North Canton, Plain township |
All 91 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 Maximo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J & R Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2013The National Weather Service names Maximo in 1 storm report between 2013 and 2013: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Hail | Maximo | $30,000 | Emergency Manager reported a quarter mile wide path from Maximo east to the county line with extensive crop damage to corn and soybeans. Several homes had hail damage with a pole barn blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaffers (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Beechwood | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hillcrest | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Harrisburg | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Freeburg | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Union | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Alliance | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Yeagleys Corners | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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 Maximo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6795800 | 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 1061486. 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.
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.





























