Summit Station, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pataskala City. It lies in ZIP code area 43068. The Survey maps it on the Reynoldsburg quadrangle. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1925 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 59 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.
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
4 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Summit Station between 2009 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15770 |
| 28 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15730 |
| 9 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | 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 nearby
12 of 502 shownMuseums hold 502 specimens collected within 10 miles of Summit Station between 1890 and 1975: 480 Animalia, 19 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C.C. Green, Cavender, T. M. (Ted M.), Collector(s): Samuel S. Sweet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia seymeriae Burrill | 1890 | not recorded | Alexandria |
![]() | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1894 | not recorded | Alexandria |
![]() | Polyporus biennis (Bull.) Fr. | 1911 | Overholts, L. O. | West Elkton o around beech stump |
![]() | Polyporus giganteus (Pers.) Fr. | 1915 | Leeper, Burtt | Salem o around beech stump |
![]() | Tremellodon gelatinosus (Scop.) Fr. | 1935 | G. W. Martin | Old Man's Cave State Park |
![]() | Dothistroma pini Hulbary | 1936 | C.C. Green | Old Man's Grove |
![]() | Tabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1806 | 1946 | Edw S Thomas | Ash Cave |
![]() | Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1950 | L. J. Gier | White's Gulch |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | S.Fk.Licking River, Ramp Creek on TR 40 about 0.1 mi S of SR 16 |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | S.Fk.Licking River, Ramp Creek on TR 40 about 0.1 mi S of SR 16 |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | Ramp Creek on TR 40 about 0.1mi south of SR 16 |
![]() | Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | Ramp Creek on TR 40 about 0.1mi south of SR 16 |
All 502 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Summit Station: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
9 since 1994The National Weather Service names Summit Station in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Station | $5,000 | Trees were downed, some on power lines. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Station | $3,000 | Some sheet metal was removed from a roof. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Station | $3,000 | A few large branches and power lines were downed. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Station | $2,000 | A tree was downed onto power lines along Cleveland Road Southwest. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Summit Station | - | Eight to ten inches of water was flowing across a roadway. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Summit Station | - | Taylor Road was blocked by high water caused by heavy rainfall. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Summit Station | - | High water remained across Taylor Road due to earlier heavy rainfall. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Summit Station | - | Ponding of water was reported across Havens Corner Road due to rain and snow melt. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Station | - | Winds were reported at 60 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fursville | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Columbia Center | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wagram | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Moreland Corners | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pataskala | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jersey | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Etna | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Beech | 5.7 miles | 12 |
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 Summit Station | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14716818 | 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 1049228. 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.



























