Roxabell, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45628. It stands on Oldtown Run. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 74 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
13 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.
- 1912 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Frankfort 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
7 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Roxabell between 2009 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4948 |
| 17 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4946 |
| 20 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16011 |
| 18 November 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6220 |
| 18 November 2016 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6219 |
| 30 October 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6212 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 684 shownMuseums hold 684 specimens collected within 10 miles of Roxabell between 1874 and 1975: 544 Animalia, 78 Fungi, 59 Plantae, 2 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande, Alexander, R.D., Allen, J. (John) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1895 | F. L. S. | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia tanaceti DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Euaesthetus iripennis Casey, 1884 | 1874 | [Not Stated] | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Myrmedonia loricata Casey, 1893 | 1874 | [Not Stated] | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Elanoides forficatus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Seip, J. (John) | Near Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Heterosternuta wickhami (Zaitzev, 1908) | 1898 | Scott O'Dee | |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1901 | not recorded | Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophophanes Kaup, 1829 | 1901 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Clitocybe cartilaginea (Bull.) Bres. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicoth |
| Cantharellus floccosus Schwein. | 1903 | Hard, Miron | Chilicothe | |
| Favolus europaeus Fr. | 1903 | Hard, Miron | Chillicoth |
All 684 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 Roxabell: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fuller Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 2019The National Weather Service names Roxabell in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Roxabell | - | Little Creek Road between Frankfort and State Route 28 was closed due to rushing water over the roadway. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Roxabell | - | Water rising out of Little Creek restricted access to a home on Little Creek Road. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Roxabell | - | A portion of Little Creek Road was closed due to high water. Several other high water signs were put out throughout the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Musselman | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lattaville | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sulphur Lick | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Austin | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Harper | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maple Grove | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Greenland | 5.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1045237. 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.






















