Maxville, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Monday Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. It lies in Lime Kiln Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 95 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 Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
50 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Maxville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | STUMP |
| 13 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | STONE CHURCH FIRE |
| 4 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1123 |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | INBODEN |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15615 |
| 3 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15614 |
| 28 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BUG |
| 28 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1182 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 218 shownMuseums hold 218 specimens collected within 10 miles of Maxville between 1891 and 1975: 156 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 19 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Black R. J., Buchanan, J. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd. | 1910 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Equisetum arvense L. | 1937 | Sharps, M.E. | Rush Creek Twp. |
![]() | Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | [Specific locality illegible.] |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Puccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle | 1895 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Uromyces junci Tul. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | Junction City |
![]() | Natrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856) | 1902 | Dilto, C. R. | Perry Co., Ohio |
![]() | Puccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr. | |
| Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary | 1903 | Black R. J. | Bremen | |
![]() | Endothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens | 1912 | Nixon E. L. | Perry Co. |
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1915 | G.G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
![]() | Telmatodytes palustris (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1926 | Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | Honey Creek, Buckeye Lake, Perry, Ohio, USA |
All 218 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 Maxville: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale Minerals Lease | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Maxville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Kishler Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kishler Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Kishler Trucking & Mining Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
9 since 1996The National Weather Service names Maxville in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Maxville | $10,000 | Monday and Little Monday Creeks flooded roads and fields. Flooding to dwellings was minor. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Maxville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxville | $500 | In the community of Maxwell, a tree was blown down at the intersection of Bell Bottom Road and State Route 668. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxville | $250 | A tree was knocked down on Griggs Road. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Maxville | - | State Route 668 was flooded at Dutch Ridge Road about a mile south of Maxville. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Maxville | - | Water washed tree debris across the road and down a hillside into a pond on the property of a home in Maxwell. A boat dock on the pond, kayak, and trash bin were also washed out. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxville | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Maxville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Maxville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Crossenville | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Straitsville | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Asbury (historical) | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dicksonton (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Dixie | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| McCuneville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| New Straitsville | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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 Maxville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24891986 | 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 1076349. 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.
























