Meadow Farm, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. It stands on Hibbs Run. The Survey maps it on the Zanesville West quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
26 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Farm between 2012 and 2020, burning about 41 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15236 |
| 28 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2969 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2971 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15772 |
| 2 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12325 |
| 2 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12945 |
| 19 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12326 |
| 16 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15749 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 562 shownMuseums hold 562 specimens collected within 10 miles of Meadow Farm between 1873 and 1974: 499 Animalia, 38 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. M., Adler, K. K. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Scleroderris rubra Morgan | 1891 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza nana Massee & Morgan | 1895 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Frullania saxicola Austin | 1896 | William C. Werner | |
![]() | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1873 | W. M. Canby | Zanesville. |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella pinnata L. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Fultonham |
![]() | Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893 | 1893 | Morgan A.P. | Preston |
![]() | Lachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza morganii Massee | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage). |
| Tapesia derelicta Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
All 562 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Meadow Farm: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Underclay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1850 | |
| Johnathan Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jonathan Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sidwell Brothers Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sidwell Brothers Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Roberts | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| White Cottage | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Opera (historical) | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Elizabeth | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Moxahala Park | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Southern Hills | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Sterling | 3.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1084863. 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.























