Seymoreville, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. It stands on Mount Logan. The Survey maps it on the Chillicothe East 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
1906 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 74 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.
- 1906 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
28 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Seymoreville (historical) between 2007 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 17 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13945 |
| 17 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15231 |
| 16 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15230 |
| 3 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8367 |
| 18 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6640 |
| 28 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6627 |
| 21 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15214 |
| 27 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,802 shownMuseums hold 1,802 specimens collected within 10 miles of Seymoreville (historical) between 1874 and 1975: 1,295 Animalia, 397 Fungi, 98 Plantae, 8 Protozoa, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1895 | F. L. S. | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia tanaceti DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Euaesthetus iripennis Casey, 1884 | 1874 | [Not Stated] | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Myrmedonia loricata Casey, 1893 | 1874 | [Not Stated] | [Not Stated] |
![]() | 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 | |
![]() | Elanoides forficatus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Seip, J. (John) | Near Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1901 | not recorded | Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophophanes Kaup, 1829 | 1901 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P.Kumm. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
All 1,802 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 Seymoreville (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N3 Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| N3 Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 6 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plant Number 6 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riton (historical) | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Franklin (historical) | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Chillicothe | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Renick Junction | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Eustis (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hopetown | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Schrader | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Renick | 3.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050020. 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.

























