Russell, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45142. It stands on Horner Hill. The Survey maps it on the New Market quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 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.
- 1917 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 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
1 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Russell between 2007 and 2007, burning about 10 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 599 shownMuseums hold 599 specimens collected within 10 miles of Russell between 1895 and 1973: 532 Animalia, 39 Plantae, 28 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14521, A. Braun, Adams, J. (Joe) & Hutchins, E. (Edward) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium asterum Schwein. | 1895 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia podophylli Schwein. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Highland County |
![]() | Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton | 1939 | 14521 | The Seven Caves, along the Rocky Fork of Paint Creek |
![]() | Dizygopleura Ulrich & Bassler, 1923 (fossil) | 1921 | Bucher & E. Ulrich | .5mi W Of Sinking Spring (Thin Cherty Layer In Lower Part Of Bisher Member) |
![]() | Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng. | 1923 | Braun, E. Lucy | Klock's Crossing |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Cololejeunea biddlecomiae (Austin ex Pearson) A.Evans | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1926 | not recorded | |
![]() | Notropis volucellus volucellus | 1926 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | water unknown, #1 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a |
All 599 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 Russell: 2 past producers, 2 plants. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highland Stone Division | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| New Vienna Mill & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| New Vienna Quarry | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Willettsville | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hoagland | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Allensburg | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sharpsville (historical) | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lynchburg | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Shackleton | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dodsonville | 4.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065260. 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.
























