Rolandus, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lebanon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45771. It stands on Skidmore Run. The Survey maps it on the Ravenswood quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 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
19 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.
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
37 since 1996The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Rolandus between 1996 and 2019, burning about 73 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8786 |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1761 |
| 3 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1701 |
| 12 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5365 |
| 4 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14645 |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1401 |
| 4 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13605 |
| 28 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1403 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 267 shownMuseums hold 267 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rolandus between 1844 and 1973: 197 Animalia, 43 Fungi, 24 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Balser, G., Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., Blankenbaker, et al. 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 |
![]() | Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée | 1945 | Cooke, V. | Ravenswood |
![]() | Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub | 1964 | Wistendahl, J.D. | Athens. Sportsman Club Road, roadside ravine. Forked Run State Park. |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | In woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden |
![]() | Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Leptostroma quercinum Lasch | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Lophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
| Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill | |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Stegophora ulmea (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Rostr. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
All 267 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 Rolandus: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ravenswood Aluminum Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant |
Storms nearby
3 since 2002The National Weather Service names Rolandus in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolandus | $1,000 | Several large branches and a few trees were knocked down in the Great Bend vicinity. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolandus | $250 | A tree was blown down onto the road near the intersection of Portland Road and Valley Belle Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolandus | - | Outside the town of Racine, multiple trees were blown down along Tanners Run Road and State Route 124. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bend | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Spiller | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Oldtown Flats | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Saxon | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Elden (historical) | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Stiversville | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Dorcas | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ulric | 3.9 miles | 19 |
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 Q122547466 | 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 1062990. 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.





























