Mumper Estates, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Moorefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45502. It stands on East Fork Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Urbana East quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 78 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.
- 1914 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Urbana East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Urbana East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Urbana East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Urbana East 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
In the 1881 county history
85,358 words on this townshipThe county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Moorefield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Moorefield Township - 85,358 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mumper Estates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 October 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 701 shownMuseums hold 701 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mumper Estates between 1840 and 1974: 449 Animalia, 211 Plantae, 40 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 73.7; J.H., A. Barron, A. N. Leeds 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell | 1878 | Beardslee, H.C. | near Springfield |
![]() | Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh. | 1916 | W.G. Stover; E.C. Leonard | near Springfield |
![]() | Ustilago heufleri Fuckel | 1917 | E.R. Leonard | |
![]() | Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Staphylea trifolia L. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. | 1846 | not recorded | Springfield |
![]() | Bryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | near Springfield |
![]() | Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Hygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Schwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. angustifolium H.Lindb. ex Limpr. | 1871 | H. J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1871 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
All 701 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mumper Estates: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| County Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Roberts Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plateau Acres | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| The Knolls | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Moorefield | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Northridge | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Villa | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Spunky Puddle (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kingsgate Commons | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Glen Echo | 4.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q122567506 | 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 1051306. 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.

























