Omega, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45690. It stands on Wilson Run. The Survey maps it on the Waverly North quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 86 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 Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waverly North quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly North quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly North quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly North quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Waverly North quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
71 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Omega between 2006 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15249 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15248 |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1901 |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15869 |
| 31 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15247 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,093 shownMuseums hold 1,093 specimens collected within 10 miles of Omega between 1889 and 1975: 865 Animalia, 215 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cronquist, Adams, W.; Adams, S., Allen, E. (Ed) 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 compositarum Rabenh. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Columbus |
![]() | Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | not recorded | Scioto River, Piketon |
![]() | Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 | 1909 | not recorded | Piketon, Scioto River |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1889 | C. J. Herrick | Waverly |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1889 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Piketon, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Astragalinus Cabanis, 1851 | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | Clayton, W. M. | Piketon, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
All 1,093 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Omega: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seal Builders Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
4 since 2000The National Weather Service names Omega in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Omega | $25,000 | A tornado touched down briefly just southwest of the town of Omega. Two barns had portions of their roofs lifted off. The garage doors to both barns were collapsed inward. Two softwood trees were snapped at their bases near the barns. This tornado was rated EF-0. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omega | $5,000 | A few trees and power lines were downed. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omega | $3,000 | Several large limbs downed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omega | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down along Watson Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Village | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kilgore Estates | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Waverly Estates | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Waverly Heights | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Waverly | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Glen Jean | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cars Run (historical) | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Green Acres | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065205. 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.
























