BlockSpring 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
6 surveys from 10 printed 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, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
4,364 words on this townshipHistorical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876; History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Monroe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The population has never been very distinctly marked as to nationality. In later years there was for a time a considerable inflow of Germans, but the tide, even in respect to these, soon ebbed rather than flowed. The modesty of the people, or the fact that there has actually been little of general interest in "the previous condition" of the early settlers or the movements of the township, makes these notices exceedingly brief. The capital of the township was originally designated Van Baren, but a change having been determined upon, the gallant citizens, it is said, conferred the honor of selecting the new name upon the wife of the principal of the academy (George Conant, now of Coshocton), and she, with an eye to natural fitness, called it Spring Bloimtain. The region may be called the highlands of the county, and the population likely to be drawn to it, as hitherto it has been, will be chiefly of the frugal and contented sort. It has furnished what indeed some of the more fertile and famous townships have not - a member of the legislature (Hon. E. L. Lybarger), to say nothing of the present auditor and of other county officers. Evidentl}^ the early settlers gave the township a good " send-otf."
Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.
James Conner, of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, located in the northwestern part of the township prior to 1828. Thomas McConnel, in 1828, moved from Green county, Pennsylvania, to the southeast quarter of section S. After a stay of about ten years in this county, he removed to Indiana. Larry Croy, in 1829, was living on Big run ; he afterward moved to Holmes county. John Windsor came about 1830, but remained in the township only a few- years. John Kced, a little later, came from Gallipolis and settled on the ridge in the southern part of the township. He remained here until his death, and his children have removed to other parts. Ezekiel, James and Joseph Severns, brothers to John Severns, came from Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and settled on the ridge. William Hughes, still living, came in 1832 or 1833. The country settled up gradually, but as late as 1850 there was still some unentered land in the township. The portions first settled, along the streams and on the ridge, in the south central portion of the town.ship, will compare in value with most uplands north of the river, but the parts later settled were not so desirable for agricultural purposes.
Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881.
The population of Spring Mountain is scarcely seventy-five. It contains two blacksmith shops and one shoe shop. Isaac Baker is postmaster. The mail is tri-weekly, received from Bloom field. Prior to Buchanan's administration, the jiostoffice here was called Ridge. Si)ice then it has been Spring Mdunlain.
Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Monroe Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Spring Mountain between 2005 and 2018, burning about 47 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 12 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3725 |
| 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 near this place
12 of 530 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums 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 near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The 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.