Rainsboro, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Paint Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45123. The Survey maps it on the Rainsboro quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
17 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 Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
13 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Rainsboro between 2003 and 2015, burning about 47 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,498 shownMuseums hold 1,498 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rainsboro between 1876 and 1975: 1,024 Animalia, 370 Fungi, 91 Plantae, 10 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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 asterum Schwein. | 1895 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia podophylli Schwein. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Highland County |
![]() | Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers. | 1939 | Cooke, William Bridge | Seven Caves (Highlands Nature Sanctuary) |
![]() | Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link | 1876 | W. B. Cooke | Fort Hill State Memorial |
![]() | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | "Caves" Paint Creek |
![]() | Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cinna arundinacea L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Panel Creek |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Careo, Paint Creek |
![]() | Diarrhena americana P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Point Creek |
![]() | Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
All 1,498 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 Rainsboro: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
5 since 1995The National Weather Service names Rainsboro in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rainsboro | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rainsboro | $1,000 | A one and a half foot diameter tree was snapped. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rainsboro | $1,000 | One tree was downed on Karnes Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Rainsboro | - | High water was on Route 753. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Rainsboro | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barretts Mills | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| McCoppin Mill | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Highland Holiday | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Beaver Mill | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| New Petersburg | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stringtown | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Carmel | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| South Beach | 3.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057943. 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.




























