Rappsburg, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Mason Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45678. It stands on Dillon Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Aid quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 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.
- 1906 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
94 since 1995The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Rappsburg between 1995 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | WILGUS |
| 5 September 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15824 |
| 23 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SIMMS CREEK #1 |
| 19 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | NORMAN |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1661 |
| 3 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 790 |
| 27 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 257 shownMuseums hold 257 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rappsburg between 1840 and 1974: 240 Animalia, 10 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Kennedy, Collector(s): Woodrow W. Goodpaster; Preparator(s): Woodrow W. Goodpaster, Cooper, C. (Carolyn) 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 clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | 1840 | Short, C.W. | along Ohio River |
![]() | Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Waterloo |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1921 | George C. Withey | Deering, 11 miles east of |
![]() | Holcocephala calva (Loew, 1872) | 1926 | C. Kennedy | [not stated] |
![]() | Cremastus Gravenhorst, 1829 | 1927 | L. Stearns | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Natrix sipedon sipedon | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Elizabeth Twp.: Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio |
![]() | Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio, USA |
| Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Wolfram, G. (George) | Elizabeth Twp.: Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1930 | MB Trautman | Indian Guyan Creek, trib of the Ohio River, Rome Twp |
All 257 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rappsburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabia Lime Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Arabia Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2019The National Weather Service names Rappsburg in 1 storm report between 2019 and 2019: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rappsburg | $500 | A large tree was blown down along Route 775. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suiter | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Greasy Ridge | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Okey | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Polkadotte | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wilgus | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Yarico | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ida (historical) | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lecta | 3.9 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 Q122562670 | 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 1076714. 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.

























