Northup, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45658. It stands on Clear Fork. The Survey maps it on the Rodney 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.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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 Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
39 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Northup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. None 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5606 |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8687 |
| 3 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5005 |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 323 shownMuseums hold 323 specimens collected within 10 miles of Northup between 1888 and 1969: 177 Animalia, 118 Fungi, 14 Plantae, 12 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer, W. A., Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Moxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Near Gallipolis, Racoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis blennius (Girard, 1856) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Percina copelandi (Jordan, 1877) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis (Pers.) Lév. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces trifolii (R.Hedw.) Lév., 1847 | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Arthromacra aenea | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
All 323 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2015The National Weather Service names Northup in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Lightning | Northup | 1 hurt | A woman was fishing along Racoon Creek off of Route 20 with her boyfriend and 4 year old child. Lightning hit a tree. A large branch hit the woman on the head. She suffered head and back injuries. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northup | $500 | One tree fell down along Lewis Drive due to gusty winds and wet soil conditions. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centenary | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Green Acres | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Meadow Look | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wigner (historical) | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| The Meadows | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fairfield Acres | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Porterbrook | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hideaway Acres | 3.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076527. 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.






















