Thorps, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45368. The Survey maps it on the New Moorefield quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 79 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
14 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 South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
In the 1881 county history
50,366 words on this townshipThe county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Harmony Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Harmony Township - 50,366 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Thorps between 2002 and 2002, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,272 shownMuseums hold 1,272 specimens collected within 10 miles of Thorps between 1840 and 1975: 876 Animalia, 296 Plantae, 98 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 73.7; J.H., ?, A. Barron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell | 1878 | Beardslee, H.C. | near Springfield |
![]() | Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh. | 1916 | W.G. Stover; E.C. Leonard | near Springfield |
![]() | Ustilago heufleri Fuckel | 1917 | E.R. Leonard | |
![]() | Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Staphylea trifolia L. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. | 1846 | not recorded | Springfield |
![]() | Bryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | near Springfield |
![]() | Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Hygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Schwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. angustifolium H.Lindb. ex Limpr. | 1871 | H. J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1871 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
All 1,272 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 Thorps: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Springfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Springfield Sand and Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxtoby (historical) | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Locustgrove | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dolly Varden | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Cheviot Hills | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Southridge | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Crabill Road Farms | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sun Valley | 3.6 miles | 15 |
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 Q122568196 | 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 1061686. 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.

























