Miller, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Rome Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45623. It stands on Federal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athalia quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 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.
- 1906 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
51 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Miller between 1992 and 2020, burning about 809 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15245 |
| 6 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BIG 7 MILE |
| 7 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12865 |
| 6 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 278 shownMuseums hold 278 specimens collected within 10 miles of Miller between 1840 and 1974: 239 Animalia, 33 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Beale J. M., Collector(s): W. Perrygo, Collector(s): Woodrow W. Goodpaster; Preparator(s): Woodrow W. Goodpaster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | 1840 | Short, C.W. | along Ohio River |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1900 | not recorded | Guyandotte River |
![]() | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1903 | Beale J. M. | Guyandotte |
![]() | Coprinus Pers., 1797 | 1909 | Sambert | Barboursville |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1921 | George C. Withey | Deering, 11 miles east of |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1929 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Union Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio |
| Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Union Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio | |
![]() | Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1929 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Union Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio |
| Calopteryx Leach, 1815 | 1930 | not recorded | Guyandotte | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1930 | MB Trautman | Indian Guyan Creek, trib of the Ohio River, Rome Twp |
![]() | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Indian Guyan Creek, trib of the Ohio River, Rome Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1930 | MB Trautman | Indian Guyan Creek, trib of the Ohio River, Rome Twp |
All 278 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2011The National Weather Service names Miller in 1 storm report between 2011 and 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Flood | Miller | $50,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athalia | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Platform | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Scottown | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cebee | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Polkadotte | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bartramville | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Gillette | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Riverside Terrace | 5.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076391. 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.
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.

























