Seeleyburg, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Manchester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43724. It stands on Sugartree Run. The Survey maps it on the Reinersville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 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
14 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.
- 1909 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Reinersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Reinersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Reinersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Reinersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Reinersville quadrangle1:24000
In the 1880 county history
120 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Manchester Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Manchester Township - 120 words.
Fires nearby
3 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Seeleyburg (historical) between 2009 and 2018, burning about 27 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4728 |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10025 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 215 shownMuseums hold 215 specimens collected within 10 miles of Seeleyburg (historical) between 1904 and 1974: 128 Animalia, 85 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Albaugh, D. W. (Douglas W.), Albaugh, Douglas W 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1904 | not recorded | Meigs Creek |
![]() | Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Notropis volucellus (Cope, 1865) | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Olive Green Creek, trib. of the Muskingum River, Southern Center Twp. |
![]() | Opsopoeodus emiliae Hay, 1881 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Percina maculata (Girard, 1859) | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Olive Green Creek, trib. of the Muskingum River, Southern Center Twp. |
![]() | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Pimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque, 1818 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | along Muskingum R., Meigsville, Morgan Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1934 | Thomas, E. S. (Edward S.) & Pontius, L. D. | Bristol Twp., Morgan Co., Ohio |
All 215 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Seeleyburg (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Power Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brill (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Reinersville | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Otho (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cabinville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bristol | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cloud (historical) | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rowland (historical) | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Meigs | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061823. 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.

























