San Margherita, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbus City. It lies in ZIP code area 43204. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Columbus quadrangle.
Then and now
1923 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1923 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Columbus city, in the words of 1858.
Beginnings Of Ohio
The Mound Builders and Indians - First White Settlements and Struggle for Possession - Indian Village at the Forks of the Scioto Attacked by Crawford and Dispersed - The Ohio Company, the Scioto Company and Symmes Purchase - Indian Power Broken and British Hopes Blasted - First Surveys - Topography, Geology and Soil of Franklin County.
In the 1858 county history
895,918 words on this townshipThe 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 Columbus City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Columbus City - 895,918 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of San Margherita between 2011 and 2011, burning about 0 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 9,392 shownMuseums hold 9,392 specimens collected within 10 miles of San Margherita between 1804 and 1975: 7,395 Animalia, 1,292 Fungi, 558 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 29 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni | 1900 | Tyler, F.J.; O. E. Jennings | Columbus |
![]() | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
![]() | Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana | 1804 | Dr. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1805 | J. R. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Carex comosa Boott | 1809 | Collector unknown | Worthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1814 | not recorded | Columbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927 | 1821 | C. Huber | Columbus |
![]() | Solidago riddellii Frank | 1832 | W. A. Kellerman | A few miles N of Columbus. |
![]() | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1834 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1837 | W. S. Sullivant | Near Columbus |
![]() | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1897 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Clevenger, J. F. | Columbus |
All 9,392 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of San Margherita: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Asarco Columbus Smelter | Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Columbus Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Columbus Quarry | Calcium | Producer |
Storms nearby
5 since 2008The National Weather Service names San Margherita in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Margherita | $25,000 | Power poles were knocked down and siding was damaged due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Margherita | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed to the west of downtown Columbus. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Margherita | $3,000 | A few trees were downed near Wilson Road between Roberts Road and Trabue Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Margherita | $1,000 | A large tree was uprooted due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2024 | Hail | San Margherita | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Arlington | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Marble Cliff | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Eastcleft | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Valley View | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Millington | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Grandview Heights | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Seagrave | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Darby Glen | 3.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065285. 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.

























