Maysville, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. It stands on Monkey Run. 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
120 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Maysville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TRAIL HEAD 5 FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | HIDEWAY FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BOX FIRE |
| 25 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15833 |
| 10 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TWIN |
| 27 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | ORV FIRE |
| 20 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15832 |
| 20 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BARNES FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,670 shownMuseums hold 1,670 specimens collected within 10 miles of Maysville between 1874 and 1975: 1,285 Animalia, 294 Plantae, 57 Fungi, 34 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, Aaron J. Sharp, Bales, B. R. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bonasa Stephens, 1819 | 1874 | not recorded | Lancaster or Sugar Grove, Hocking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Stamnaria americana Massee & Morgan | 1894 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1909 | not recorded | |
![]() | Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 | 1910 | Fulton, B. B. | Hocking Co., Ohio |
| Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1927 | Dawson, W. L. (William Leon) | Clear Creek, Hocking, Ohio, USA | |
![]() | Bryoxiphium norvegicum (Brid.) Mitt. | 1927 | C. E. O'Neal | |
![]() | Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830) | 1927 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Goodhope Twp. Neotoma, Hocking Co., Ohio, USA |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
| Compsothlypis Cabanis, 1851 | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Clear Creek, Hocking, Ohio, USA | |
| Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823) | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Clear Cr., Hocking Co., Ohio, USA | |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
All 1,670 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 17 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Maysville: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Brick Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 | ||
| Hocking Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| General Hocking Plant | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Glen Gery Brick Plant | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hocking Plant | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Columbus Clay Plant | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Gore | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Greendale | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kachelmacher (historical) | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Gore | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Winona (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Monday Creek Junction | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Webb Summit | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Oreville | 3.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076351. 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.






















