Spiller, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lebanon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45770. It stands on Trouble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ravenswood quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 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
19 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.
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
38 since 1996The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Spiller between 1996 and 2019, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8786 |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1761 |
| 3 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1701 |
| 12 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5365 |
| 4 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14645 |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1401 |
| 4 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13605 |
| 28 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1403 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 326 shownMuseums hold 326 specimens collected within 10 miles of Spiller between 1844 and 1973: 253 Animalia, 43 Fungi, 27 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Balser, G., Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., Blankenbaker, et al. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1940 | Carroll, G. | Big Spruce Creek |
![]() | Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée | 1945 | Cooke, V. | Ravenswood |
![]() | Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub | 1964 | Wistendahl, J.D. | Athens. Sportsman Club Road, roadside ravine. Forked Run State Park. |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | In woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden |
![]() | Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Leptostroma quercinum Lasch | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Lophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
| Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill | |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Stegophora ulmea (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Rostr. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
All 326 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spiller: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ravenswood Aluminum Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldtown Flats | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Elden (historical) | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bald Knobs | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rolandus | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Stiversville | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Merritt | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Dorcas | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Great Bend | 3.1 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Spiller | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22134297 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063030. 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.





























