Swartz Mill, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Berne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43155. It stands on Durbin Run. The Survey maps it on the Bremen quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1907 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
In the 1901 county history
2,331 words on this townshipThe county history of 1901 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Berne Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Berne Township - 2,331 words.
Fires nearby
33 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Swartz Mill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 157 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 | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15676 |
| 20 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7937 |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7867 |
| 14 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7850 |
| 10 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15468 |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7326 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,460 shownMuseums hold 1,460 specimens collected within 10 miles of Swartz Mill between 1839 and 1975: 877 Animalia, 339 Fungi, 230 Plantae, 7 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Schrader, Angerman, C. (Carl) & Triplehorn, C. A. (Charles A.), Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Fr., 1829 | 1890 | Detmers, Freda | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1891 | M. Craig | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Lancaster |
| Coreopsis discoidea Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | ||
![]() | Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Saxifraga sullivantii Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Trillium erectum var. declinatum A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ricciocarpos natans (L.) Corda | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Rudbeckia sullivantii C.L.Boynton & Beadle | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv. | 1841 | not recorded | |
![]() | Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) Hedenäs | 1841 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant |
All 1,460 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 Swartz Mill: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morris Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sugar Grove | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Horns Mill | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Valley Acres | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Geneva | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| North Berne | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Lake Estates | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bremen | 6.0 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.
| Wikidata item Q122566465 | 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 1063046. 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.























