BlockBefore
Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Ridpath, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43123. The Survey maps it on the Commercial Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ridpath within Franklin County

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ridpath (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ridpath (historical), surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1858 county history

322 words on this township

The 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 Jackson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 322 words.

Fires nearby

2 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ridpath (historical) between 2003 and 2003, burning about 1 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 burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 March 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,019 shown

Museums hold 1,019 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ridpath (historical) between 1840 and 1975: 910 Animalia, 63 Fungi, 46 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray & J. Torrey, A. Spreitzer, A.J. Sharp 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Helodium paludosum, not of this specimenHelodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth.1840Collector unspecified"4 miles west of Columbus"
A photograph of the species Campylium stellatum, not of this specimenCampylium stellatum (Hedw.) Lange & C.E.O.Jensen1841W. S. Sullivant2 mi S of Columbus
A photograph of the species Geranium maculatum, not of this specimenGeranium maculatum L.1841A. Gray & J. TorreyFranklin Co., Columbus
A photograph of the species Ratibida pinnata, not of this specimenRatibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart1854Buker, W.E.where Rt. 3 crosses Big Darby Creek
A photograph of the species Actinonaias ligamentina, not of this specimenActinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)1862Whiteaves, Joseph F.Scioto Riv.
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1885Moores, HenryColumbus
A photograph of the species Chiloscyphus ascendens, not of this specimenChiloscyphus ascendens (Wilson & Hook.) Sull.1885W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Pleurobema sintoxia, not of this specimenPleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)1885Moores, HenryColumbus
A photograph of the species Cambarus diogenes, not of this specimenCambarus diogenes Girard, 18521897R.C.O. et al.Lockbourne
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonHellbranch Run
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonHell Branch, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii Girard, 18501897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonBreckinridge Run, Franklin County, Ohio

All 1,019 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Landings At Quail Creek1.4 miles12
Willows At Quail Creek1.6 miles12
Ravines At Quail Creek1.7 miles12
Quail Creek1.8 miles12
Indian Trails1.9 miles12
Grove City Country Club1.9 miles12
Meadow Grove2.0 miles12
Ledgestone At Indian Trails2.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1806780. 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.