Pinecrest, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43004. The Survey maps it on the New Albany quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 64 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
12 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.
- 1902 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
In the 1858 county history
402 words on this townshipThe county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 402 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Pinecrest between 2007 and 2007, burning about 0 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 3,507 shownMuseums hold 3,507 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pinecrest between 1840 and 1975: 3,200 Animalia, 176 Plantae, 79 Fungi, 32 Chromista, 20 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, A. J. Basinger, A. P. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
![]() | Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus |
![]() | Chaerophyllum procumbens (L.) Crantz | 1840 | H Ward | Columbus |
![]() | Hypericum gentianoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1840 | William Starling Sullivant | Columbus |
![]() | Podophyllum peltatum L. | 1840 | Sullivant, W.S. | |
| Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
![]() | Anoectangium ciliatum (Hedw.) Schwägr. | 1842 | Sullivant, W.S. | Columbus |
| Anomodon rostratus (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
| Archidium ohioense Schimp. ex Müll.Hal. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
| Astomum muhlenbergianum (Sw.) Grout | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Masons Run, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Alum Creek, Franklin County, Ohio |
All 3,507 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pinecrest: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Claycraft No 4 & 5 Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Claycraft Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villas At Hawks Crest | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson Meadows | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Havens Corners | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Blacklick | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Stepping Stone | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Stonehill | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Willow Brook Crossing | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Waggoner Trace | 1.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2771082. 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.



















