Owensville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Rush Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45648. It stands on Reeds Run. The Survey maps it on the West Portsmouth quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 76 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
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.
- 1915 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS West Portsmouth quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Portsmouth quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Portsmouth quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Portsmouth quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
In the 1903 county history
4,640 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rush Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rush Township - 4,640 words.
Fires nearby
44 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Owensville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15224 |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | 60 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR LUMBER |
| 2 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,435 shownMuseums hold 1,435 specimens collected within 10 miles of Owensville between 1884 and 1975: 1,361 Animalia, 42 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1884 | H. Mores | Scioto River |
![]() | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan | 1893 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Campeloma Rafinesque, 1819 | 1885 | Ch. R. Orcutt | Scioto River |
![]() | Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1887 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm. | 1889 | Craig M. | Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River |
![]() | Myelochroa galbina (Ach.) Elix & Hale | 1893 | Jones, T.H.B | Otway |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
![]() | Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829 | 1896 | not recorded | Scioto River |
| unnamed | 1897 | Morgan | Preston | |
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | Alum Rock |
All 1,435 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Owensville: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucasville Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lucasville Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Taylor Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Waller Brothers Stone Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Taylor Stone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Waller Brothers Stone Company | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 2000The National Weather Service names Owensville in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | $25,000 | More than 200 trees downed, mainly along Route 104 near Owensville. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Duck Run Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down along Duck Run Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushtown | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| McDermott | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lucasville | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Arion | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tomlison Addition | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Crabtree | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Coles Park | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Preston Addition | 4.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1044251. 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.























