Sargents, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scioto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45661. It lies in Starr Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Piketon quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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.
- 1915 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piketon 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
52 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Sargents between 2004 and 2020, burning about 214 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15228 |
| 9 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15226 |
| 9 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15743 |
| 8 June 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15742 |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1262 |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1261 |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15635 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,608 shownMuseums hold 1,608 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sargents between 1889 and 1975: 1,448 Animalia, 117 Fungi, 41 Plantae, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, E. (Ed), B. W. Evermann, Bales, B. R. 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 compositarum Rabenh. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Columbus |
![]() | Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | not recorded | Scioto River, Piketon |
![]() | Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 | 1909 | not recorded | Piketon, Scioto River |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1889 | C. J. Herrick | Waverly |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1889 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Piketon, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Astragalinus Cabanis, 1851 | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
All 1,608 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sargents: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & S Plant A-7 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| A & S Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cutlip Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cutlip Plant Dredge & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gregory Materials Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2009The National Weather Service names Sargents in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sargents | $75,000 | Major damage occurred to the Grandview Buildings and Supply near Piketon. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sargents | $5,000 | Trees were downed on power lines on Shyville Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Sargents | $5,000 | Damage indicates that the tornado touched down briefly in two locations. The initial touch down occurred near Loop Road where an estimated 15 trees were uprooted and knocked down. The tornado then briefly lifted before touching down again in a cemetery off of Bailey Chapel Road. There, it uprooted and knocked down approximately 10 more trees, and lifted a nearby trampoline over a fence. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sargents | $2,000 | A tree fell onto a power line. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049155. 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.


























