Summit, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Starr Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45654. It stands on Tick Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Union Furnace quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1904 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 98 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
16 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 Zaleski quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Zaleski quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Zaleski quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
50 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Summit (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | LABOR FIRE |
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | LAUREL FIRE |
| 8 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | TICK RIDGE FIRE |
| 16 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | UNO FIRE |
| 15 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TRES FIRE |
| 12 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TODD FIRE |
| 7 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BEACH FIRE |
| 5 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | UNION FURNACE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,189 shownMuseums hold 2,189 specimens collected within 10 miles of Summit (historical) between 1874 and 1975: 1,513 Animalia, 386 Plantae, 242 Fungi, 34 Protozoa, 11 Bacteria, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A VERWYST, A. N. Bragg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bonasa Stephens, 1819 | 1874 | not recorded | Lancaster or Sugar Grove, Hocking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Stamnaria americana Massee & Morgan | 1894 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phyllachora junci (Alb. & Schwein.) Fuckel | 1901 | W. A. K.; Kern E. H. | New Plymouth |
![]() | Puccinia helianthi Schwein. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | New Plymouth |
| Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1927 | Dawson, W. L. (William Leon) | Clear Creek, Hocking, Ohio, USA | |
![]() | Bryoxiphium norvegicum (Brid.) Mitt. | 1927 | C. E. O'Neal | |
![]() | Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Queer Creek, within Hocking County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. B. (Robert B.) | Old Man's Cave, Benton Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio |
![]() | Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830) | 1927 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Goodhope Twp. Neotoma, Hocking Co., Ohio, USA |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
| Compsothlypis Cabanis, 1851 | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Clear Creek, Hocking, Ohio, USA |
All 2,189 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Summit (historical): 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Gery Brick Plant | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nutter Bros Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Lake Hope Asphalt S&G Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muskingum River Grav. Plant 8 & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Union Furnace | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Coonville | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Haydenville | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ewing | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ilesboro | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Smock (historical) | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| South Logan | 7.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067407. 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.

























