Springdale, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Marietta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45750. It stands on Mile Run. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1904 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
In the 1902 county history
15,123 words on this townshipThe county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Marietta Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Marietta Township - 15,123 words.
Fires nearby
18 since 1994The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Springdale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BURNT HILL RD. |
| 28 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | SLATE CREEK ROAD |
| 8 April 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | HOGLAND ROAD |
| 29 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | DRY RUN RD. |
| 21 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | DRY RUN RD. |
| 2 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | DRY RUN RD. |
| 12 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | 790 SUMMIT ROAD |
| 8 March 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | KELLAR LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,263 shownMuseums hold 1,263 specimens collected within 10 miles of Springdale between 1853 and 1975: 1,177 Animalia, 54 Fungi, 30 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Drew, A. L. McElhose 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr. | 1923 | W.G. Stoner | Marietta |
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1932 | C. May | Marietta |
![]() | Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers. | 1932 | L.W.R.J. | Nursery, Marietta |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1853 | E. Andrews | Marietta, Ohio |
![]() | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1879 | W. Holden | Ohio River, Near Marietta |
![]() | Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1886 | Georg Baur | Marietta |
![]() | Icteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | Shufeldt, R. | Marietta |
![]() | Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | Shufeldt, R. | Marietta |
![]() | Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1896 | A. D. Selby | Rainbow. |
![]() | Plasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Marietta |
![]() | Cyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852) | 1897 | Sterki, Victor | Marietta |
![]() | Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1897 | Sterki, Victor | Marietta |
All 1,263 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Springdale: 7 producers, 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Chromium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Marietta Smelter | Manganese, Chromium | Plant | ||
| Union Carbide/ Marietta, Ohio | Iron, Manganese | Producer | ||
| Duckworth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stone Co Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Briggs Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Harley E Calvin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Merrill Brothers Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Number 3 Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Trout Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Acres | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| West Marietta | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview Heights | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Harmar | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Western Hills | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Marietta | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Everett | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pinehurst | 1.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067268. 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.




























