Spring Mountain, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43844. The Survey maps it on the Spring Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 53 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
10 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.
- 1913 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
7 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Spring Mountain between 2005 and 2018, burning about 37 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12005 |
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 881 |
| 4 November 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 November 2012 | 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 530 shownMuseums hold 530 specimens collected within 10 miles of Spring Mountain between 1898 and 1974: 507 Animalia, 23 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Stein, C. Stein, R. Johnson & J. Jenkinson, Cavender, M. (Marlin) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray | 1898 | Wetzstein, A. | Rich woods, New Bremen. |
![]() | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1903 | V. Sterki | Tuscarawas River |
![]() | Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) | 1905 | C. Stein, R. Johnson & J. Jenkinson | Newcastle Township, Mohican River, just above its confluence with Kokosing River |
![]() | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1782) | 1924 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Bedford Twp., Coshocton Co., OH |
![]() | Encoptolophus sordidus (Burmeister, 1838) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas, 1865) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Tettigidea lateralis parvipennis (Harris, 1841) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Walhonding R., NW Newcastle Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
All 530 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 Spring Mountain: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenmont Quarry No. 24 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Briar Hill Pit | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Briar Hill Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| E.R.Rice Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Huninger Quarry | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Princeton | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Metham | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Blissfield | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Tiverton Center | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Layland | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Nellie | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bluff (historical) | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Warsaw | 5.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061656. 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.





















