Millfield, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45761. It stands on Jackson Run. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle. 311 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMillfield fell from 341 to 311 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 341 | |
| 2020 | 311 | -30 (-9%) |
Then and now
1903 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 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.
- 1903 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
72 since 1994The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Millfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BEAN HOLLOW |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | RAW FIRE |
| 26 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | LITTLE |
| 9 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM |
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 329 BRAVO |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BIG BAILEY |
| 26 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | RV FIRE 295 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,159 shownMuseums hold 1,159 specimens collected within 10 miles of Millfield between 1896 and 1975: 966 Animalia, 128 Plantae, 56 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, A.D. Selby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Athens County |
![]() | Ambrosia bidentata Michx. | 1969 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. | 1896 | Selby, A.D. | Caananville |
![]() | Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Salix humilis var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
![]() | Scirpus polyphyllus Vahl | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
![]() | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | 1902 | Morse, M. (Max) | Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio |
| Melasmia Lév., 1846 | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Athens | |
![]() | Erasmoneura vulnerata (Fitch, 1851) | 1905 | not recorded |
All 1,159 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 Millfield: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Plant 2 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Gravel Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
5 since 1996The National Weather Service names Millfield in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millfield | $10,000 | Several large tree limbs were snapped off. A porch was damaged by a fallen branch. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millfield | $5,000 | Tree and power line damage in between Chauncey and Millfield resulted in over 500 homes in the area to be without power for a period of time. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millfield | $500 | Several trees were blown down in Millfield. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Millfield | - | 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 Millfield | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Truetown | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Morristown | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Redtown | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Liars Corner | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Greens Run | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Chauncey | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Modoc | 3.0 miles | 21 |
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 Millfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473117 | 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 1076400. 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.





























