Sugar Creek, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45761. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
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.
- 1903 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
43 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Creek between 2003 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BEAN HOLLOW |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | RAW FIRE |
| 8 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM |
| 7 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | NORTH PEACH |
| 12 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | MILL CREEK FIRE |
| 29 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | MEMORIAL FIRE |
| 29 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | UTAH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,170 shownMuseums hold 1,170 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sugar Creek between 1896 and 1975: 962 Animalia, 143 Plantae, 56 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, A.D. Selby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Athens County |
![]() | Ambrosia bidentata Michx. | 1969 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. | 1896 | Selby, A.D. | Caananville |
![]() | Aristida longespica var. longespica | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Pleasanton |
![]() | Perlesta Banks, 1906 | 1898 | N. Roberts | |
![]() | Quercus minor (Marshall) Sarg. | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Pleasanton |
![]() | Diospyros virginiana L. | 1899 | A. D. Selby | Marshfield |
![]() | Salix humilis var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
![]() | Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
![]() | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | 1902 | Morse, M. (Max) | Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio |
| Melasmia Lév., 1846 | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Athens |
All 1,170 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 Sugar Creek: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Plant 2 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Gravel Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
3 since 2013The National Weather Service names Sugar Creek in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | $3,000 | Near the town of Sugar Creek, trees and power lines were downed. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down along Route 550. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Creek | $500 | One tree down on Peach Ridge Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poston | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Liars Corner | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Armitage | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Chauncey | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| The Plains | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Morristown | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Beaumont | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| East Millfield | 3.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076990. 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.
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.





























