New Castle, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45638. It lies in Cecil Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 104 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
17 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.
- 1898 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
331 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of New Castle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,109 acres in total. None started naturally. 64 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 | 132 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM 09/09 |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | GREEN GRASS |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SR 93 |
| 7 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | WIND FIRE |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | JANIE FIRE |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BAILEY |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PEDRO #2 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 411 shownMuseums hold 411 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Castle between 1890 and 1972: 293 Animalia, 63 Fungi, 54 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartholomew E., Bartholomew Elam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1890 | Schneck | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Bryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Campylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt. | 1892 | Carver Wm. | Ironton |
![]() | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
![]() | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Frullania asagrayana Mont. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton. |
![]() | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
All 411 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Castle: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Mine & Mill | Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Brohard Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Pedro Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pedro Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinkston Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinkston Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Shale Quarry-Bear Run | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Grove | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Vesuvius (historical) | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Royersville | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hanging Rock | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Green Valley | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ellisonville | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Coryville | 3.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050560. 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.




























