Reedsville, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Olive Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45772. It stands on Rock Run. The Survey maps it on the Pond Creek quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 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 Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pond Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pond Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pond Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Pond Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
18 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Reedsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 62 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7825 |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 754 |
| 6 April 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BULL RUN |
| 30 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8068 |
| 21 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4509 |
| 21 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4614 |
| 11 April 2013 | 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 219 shownMuseums hold 219 specimens collected within 10 miles of Reedsville between 1906 and 1973: 210 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by BRYAN, C R; BRYAN, B A, C. H. Jones, Carroll H. D. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1940 | Carroll, G. | Big Spruce Creek |
![]() | Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub | 1964 | Wistendahl, J.D. | Athens. Sportsman Club Road, roadside ravine. Forked Run State Park. |
![]() | Helminthosporium turcicum Pass. | 1906 | Carroll H. D. | Bull Run |
![]() | Isariopsis griseola Sacc. | 1906 | Carroll H. D. | Bull Run |
![]() | Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC. | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ohio River R. R. Foster's Siding |
![]() | Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Link | 1906 | Carroll H. D. | Bull Run |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
![]() | Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
![]() | Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
![]() | Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
![]() | Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820 | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
All 219 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 Reedsville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.V. Weber Sand and Grave Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Weber Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
11 since 2003The National Weather Service names Reedsville in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Flood | Reedsville | $75,000 | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Flood | Reedsville | $8,000 | The Ohio River at the Belleville Lock and Dam rose above its 35 foot flood stage on the evening of March 2nd. The river at this location crested at 35.58 feet and returned to its banks on the evening of March 3rd. Ohio State Route 124 was flooded in several places, including north of Stiversville Road, at Rock Run, at Wells Run to Smith Ridge to Dewitts Run, at Forked Run, at Curtis Hollow Road, and between the town of Long Bottom and Shade River. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedsville | $3,000 | Downed trees and power lines along Little Forest Run Road resulted in local power outages in the area of Reedsville. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Reedsville | $3,000 | The Belleville Lock of the Ohio River observed the river rising out of its 35 foot flood stage on the morning of February 19th. The river crested at 36.53 feet just before sunrise on the 20th and returned to its banks that evening. While this portion of the Ohio River was in flood, Ohio State Route 124, which resides adjacent to the river up to the Meigs/Washington County line, flooded as well as smaller roads that feed into Route 124. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Reedsville | $2,000 | Flooding along the Ohio River caused high water along State Route 124 between the Washington County line and Racine. ||The river gage at Belleville Lock showed the river rose above its 35 foot flood stage early afternoon on the 4th. The river rose into moderate flooding, cresting just over 38 feet around midnight on the 6th, and then returned to within its banks that evening.||At Racine, the river gage showed the river rose above its flood stage of 41 feet just before sunrise on the 5th, and crested around midnight on the 6th at about 43.5 feet. It then returned to within its banks that evening. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedsville | $2,000 | Multiple trees fell down near Reedsville. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Reedsville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Reedsville | - | Flooded roads were observed in Reedsville. |
| October 2018 | Hail | Reedsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Reedsville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Reedsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph Landing | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rushville | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Eden | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Joppa | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fayal (historical) | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Long Bottom | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Success | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pinegrove | 5.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Reedsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7306754 | 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 1070909. 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.


























