Park Ridge Acres, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mad River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45506. It stands on Rock Run. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 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
15 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.
- 1904 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
4 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Park Ridge Acres between 2002 and 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 October 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 October 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 1,445 shownMuseums hold 1,445 specimens collected within 10 miles of Park Ridge Acres between 1840 and 1975: 958 Animalia, 338 Plantae, 141 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 73.7; J.H., ?, A JOHN 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 |
![]() | Conardia compacta (Müll.Hal.) H.Rob. | 1910 | H.S. Jewett | Neff Park, Yellow Springs |
![]() | Hygroamblystegium irriguum var. spinifolium Mönk. | 1913 | Henry S. Jewett | Neff Park |
![]() | Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Staphylea trifolia L. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. | 1846 | not recorded | Springfield |
![]() | Bidens bipinnata L. | 1870 | J Y Bergen; T L Bergen | Yellow Springs |
![]() | 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 |
All 1,445 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 Park Ridge Acres: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Canal Winchester Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Canal Winchester Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Demmy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Demmy Sand and Gravel. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Enon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Enon Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keifer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keifer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone City | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Durbin | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sunnyland | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Melrose (historical) | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Way | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Karen Woods | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Snyders Mill | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Victoria Villa | 2.1 miles | 14 |
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 Q122548252 | 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 1057912. 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.


























