Middleburg, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Zane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43319. The Survey maps it on the East Liberty quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 79 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
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.
- 1913 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Middleburg between 2002 and 2002, burning about 0 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 683 shownMuseums hold 683 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middleburg between 1862 and 1975: 644 Animalia, 31 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. R. Gaufin, A. Spreitzer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Belfontaine. |
![]() | Cypripedium reginae Walter | 1900 | A. D. Selby | Zanesfield |
![]() | Scirpus atrovirens Willd. | 1900 | Selby, A.D. | Zanesfield |
![]() | Valerianella radiata (Willd.) Dufr. | 1900 | Selby, A.D. | Zanesfield |
![]() | Rhytisma Fr. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | West Mansfield |
![]() | Cercospora maianthemi Fuckel | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | West Mansfield |
![]() | Scolecotrichum graminis Fuckel | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | West Mansfield |
| Scolicotrichum graminis Fuckel | 1902 | Kellerman, William Ashbrook | West Mansfield | |
| Paragordius varius (Leidy, 1851) | 1911 | F. Denmead | West Liberty | |
| Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842) | 1922 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Mad River, at Ludlow Line bridge to 1/2 mile upstream, 5 miles SE of Bellefontaine OH, NW Monroe Township | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Mad River, within Logan County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate |
![]() | Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Mad River, within Logan County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate |
All 683 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Middleburg: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Liberty Plant #226 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| East Liberty Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
9 since 2005The National Weather Service names Middleburg in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Middleburg | $50,000 | State Route 559 was closed due to flooding between State Route 287 and Township Road 258. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleburg | $3,000 | A few trees were downed in Middleburg. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleburg | $3,000 | One tree and a couple large limbs were downed. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleburg | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto State Route 287. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleburg | $1,000 | Large trees were snapped due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleburg | - | Several homes had minor damage. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Middleburg | - | State Route 287 was closed near County Road 15 due to high water. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Middleburg | - | State Route 287 was closed due to flooding between State Route 347 and Township Road 177. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Middleburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Liberty | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pickrelltown | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Valley Hi | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Royal Coach Estates | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| North Greenfield | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Zanesfield | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| New Jerusalem | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Macochee Castle | 7.5 miles | 13 |
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 Middleburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6841732 | 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 1061513. 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.






















