Middlebourne, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Oxford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43773. The Survey maps it on the Antrim quadrangle.
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
16 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 Antrim quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Antrim 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
- 1962 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:24000
In the 1911 county history
2,329 words on this townshipThe county history of 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Oxford Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Oxford Township - 2,329 words.
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fires nearby
18 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Middlebourne between 2003 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1862 |
| 9 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15193 |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1212 |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7826 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 130 shownMuseums hold 130 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middlebourne between 1912 and 1975: 91 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W. (William), Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al., Adams, W.; Adams, S. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann, 1821 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Taphrina caerulescens (Desm. & Mont.) Tul. | 1912 | Bartenstein T. E. | Warrentown |
![]() | Isoetes muricata Durieu | 1913 | L. S. Hazel M, D.D. Hopkins | Brady's Lake. |
![]() | Cuclotogaster heterographus (Nitzsch, 1866) | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Goniodes Nitzsch, 1818 | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Haematopinus suis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Polyporus caesius (Schrad.) Fr. | 1923 | Nicholson Lawrence | Vermilion River, 1.5 Mi. S. of Birmingham, Erie Co. Frondose Woods along |
![]() | Stereum rameale (Pers.) Burt | 1923 | Grover F. O. | Vermilion River, 1.5 Mi. S. of Birmingham, Erie Co. in Woods along |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Trib to Salt Fork of Wills Creek, just above Middlebourne; Muskingum system |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Trib to Salt Fork of Wills Creek, just above Middlebourne; Muskingum system |
![]() | Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Trib to Salt Fork of Wills Creek, just above Middlebourne; Muskingum system |
All 130 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 Middlebourne: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
7 since 1999The National Weather Service names Middlebourne in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middlebourne | $75,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees down throughout Guernsey county. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middlebourne | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middlebourne | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down in Middlebourne. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Middlebourne | - | All lanes were closed along State Route 513 at Oxford Road due to flooding. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Middlebourne | - | State Route 513 closed due to flooding along Salt Fork. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Middlebourne | - | State Route 513 closed due to flooding. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middlebourne | - | A tree down on Rosedale Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Antrim | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Easton | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Salesville | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Winterset | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Old Washington | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Quaker City | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gibson | 6.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061512. 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.



























