Morristown, 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 Big Bailey Run. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.
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
70 since 1994The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Morristown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 1 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | MONK RD FIRE |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | NORTH PEACH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,295 shownMuseums hold 1,295 specimens collected within 10 miles of Morristown between 1896 and 1975: 1,097 Animalia, 143 Plantae, 45 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, Auburn E. Brower 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 |
![]() | Perlesta Banks, 1906 | 1898 | N. Roberts | |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Diospyros virginiana L. | 1899 | A. D. Selby | Marshfield |
![]() | 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 |
All 1,295 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 Morristown: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chauncey | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Liars Corner | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Millfield | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| East Millfield | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Beaumont | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Truetown | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hamley Run | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Poston | 3.1 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q35733955 | 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 1076436. 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.






























