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Stringtown, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Saltcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43135. It stands on Pumpkin Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Stoutsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1914 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
3 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown between 2007 and 2019, burning about 7 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 | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11231 |
| 11 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15114 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 345 shownMuseums hold 345 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stringtown between 1845 and 1975: 279 Animalia, 63 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W.; Bartley, F., Andy White., Arden R. Gaufin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L.Nesom | 1845 | L. L. Pontius | 3 mi E of Kingston. |
| Oestridae | 1914 | not recorded | ||
 | Bacidia schweinitzii (E.Michener) A.Schneider | 1918 | B. Fink | Cantwell Cliffs |
 | Coccyzus americanus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1918 | B.R. Bales | |
 | Penthorum sedoides L. | 1922 | R. R. Dreisbach | Hayesville |
 | Solanum americanum Mill. | 1922 | R. R. Dreisbach | Hayesville |
 | Bryoxiphium norvegicum (Brid.) Mitt. | 1925 | C. E. O'Neal | Cantwell Cliffs |
 | Cribraria intricata Schrad., 1797 | 1926 | Leonard, G. M. | along RR 1/4 mi. southeast of Thachery |
 | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington), Thomas, J. S. (John S.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | W. of Tarlton, Clear Creek Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio |
 | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Thomas, J. S. (John S.) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Laurelville, Hocking Co., Ohio |
 | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Thomas, J. S. (John S.) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Laurelville, Hocking Co., Ohio |
| Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica | 1948 | Leslie L Pontious; Floyd Bartley | Kingston, 3 mi E |
All 345 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
10 since 2008The National Weather Service names Stringtown in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Stringtown | $1,500,000 | The beginning of the tornado-related damage was observed on State Route 56, just west of the Salt Creek Elementary School. A property along this stretch of road sustained extensive roof damage in which nearly the entire roof was removed from the structure. Significant debris scatter of lumber and insulation was observed on this property and surrounding properties. Splatter was observed on the southward-facing facade of the structure, with several pieces of lumber forced into the ground of the yard.||At a nearby structure on Kime-Holderman Road, just south of State Route 56, minor siding damage was observed on the north-facing side of the home. Part of the roof of this house was also removed. Extensive tree damage was also observed near the intersection of Kime-Holderman Road and State Route 56. Another home on State Route 56, just west of Salt Creek Elementary School, had minor roof damage.||A bit further east, approximately across the street from Salt Creek Elementary School, a home being constructed had several walls removed from the structure. Additionally, a barn on a property nearby sustained some roof damage, but the nearby home appeared to have little to no visible damage. | |Slightly farther east on State Route 56 and about two tenths of a mile south of South Perry Road, an outbuilding was completely destroyed and the home on the property sustained partial roof removal and wall damage/failure. Several large trees were also downed in this vicinity. The damage observed on this property, between State Route 56 and Tarlton-Adelphi Road, was some of the most significant associated with this tornado and was likely the result of winds in excess of 100 mph.||Along the western side of Tarlton-Adelphi Road, extensive tree damage and some minor structural damage was observed on several properties. Extensive debris was strewn across the nearby fields just east of these structures. However, a review of locations further east showed little to no signs of visible damage from the public access points and therefore it was determined that the tornado likely lifted here. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stringtown | $3,000 | A shed was destroyed. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stringtown | $2,000 | A barn north of State Route 56 was damaged. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stringtown | $2,000 | Several trees were knocked down in Saltcreek Township. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stringtown | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stringtown | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Flood | Stringtown | - | State Route 56 had high water reported over the roadway. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Stringtown | - | Water was flowing over State Route 56 and Hayesville Road, causing the intersection to be closed by law enforcement. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Stringtown | - | Standing water was reported over State Route 180, just west of Laurelville and Salt Creek. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Stringtown | - | Plum Run was completely out of its banks over state Route 56 with at least one foot of water rushing over the roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Whisler | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Tarlton | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Leistville | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Meade | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thacher | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Washington Meadows | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Elmwood | 8.2 miles | 13 |
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 Stringtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23698505 | 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 1063039. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.