Rupels, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. It stands on Lick Run. The Survey maps it on the Londonderry quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1992The 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.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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 Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
43 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Rupels between 2005 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | LONDONDERRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,585 shownMuseums hold 1,585 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rupels between 1885 and 1975: 1,216 Animalia, 325 Fungi, 35 Plantae, 6 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, A. C. Lincoln, A. Cronquist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | unnamed | 1906 | M.E. Hard | |
![]() | Amanita strobiliformis (Paulet ex Vittad.) Bertill. | 1906 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Boletus L. | 1906 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Passiflora lutea L. | 1885 | Safford, William Edwin | Chillicothe |
![]() | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle | 1896 | Selby, A. D. | Chillicothe |
| Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc. | 1896 | Selby A. D. | Chillicothe | |
![]() | Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P.Kumm. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Collybia velutipes (Curtis) P.Kumm. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Geaster campestre Morgan | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
| Hypholoma sublateritium (Fr.) Quél. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe | |
![]() | Panus stipticus (Bull.) Fr. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
| Secotium warnei (Peck) Peck | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
All 1,585 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rupels: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Miami Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parry Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Parry Silica Sand and Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schooley | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Vauces | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Canada (historical) | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pride | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Three Locks | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rittenours | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lickskillet | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Deadman Crossing | 3.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q122570538 | 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 1062996. 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.




















