Tucson, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. It stands on Piny Run. The Survey maps it on the Londonderry quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1906 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chillicothe quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Londonderry quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
26 since 2008The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Tucson between 2008 and 2020, burning about 418 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15230 |
| 20 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6640 |
| 28 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6627 |
| 29 April 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1081 |
| 27 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1329 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,374 shownMuseums hold 1,374 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tucson between 1845 and 1975: 997 Animalia, 281 Fungi, 89 Plantae, 5 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, A. Cronquist, A. Miller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | unnamed | 1906 | M.E. Hard | |
![]() | Amanita strobiliformis (Paulet ex Vittad.) Bertill. | 1906 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Boletus L. | 1906 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L.Nesom | 1845 | L. L. Pontius | 3 mi E of Kingston. |
![]() | Passiflora lutea L. | 1885 | Safford, William Edwin | Chillicothe |
![]() | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle | 1896 | Selby, A. D. | Chillicothe |
| Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc. | 1896 | Selby A. D. | Chillicothe | |
![]() | Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P.Kumm. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Collybia velutipes (Curtis) P.Kumm. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
![]() | Geaster campestre Morgan | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
| Hypholoma sublateritium (Fr.) Quél. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe | |
![]() | Panus stipticus (Bull.) Fr. | 1902 | Hard, Miron | Chillicothe |
All 1,374 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
8 since 2008The National Weather Service names Tucson in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tucson | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed in Tar Hollow State Forest due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tucson | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down along Hough Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tucson | $3,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were downed near Tar Hollow State Park. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Tucson | - | Water was rushing over Walnut Creek Road. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Tucson | - | Flowing water was approaching the lowest level of a home. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Tucson | - | Thornton-Sprung Road at Walnut Creek Road was flooded. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Tucson | - | A portion of Walnut Creek Road was closed due to high water. Several other high water signs were put out throughout the county. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Tucson | - | Water was reported over a portion of the road in the 1600 block of True Hollow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston (historical) | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mooresville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jarvis | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Poe Valley (historical) | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Feightner (historical) | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Schrader | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hallsville | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Renick Junction | 6.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Tucson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22250075 | 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 1063066. 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.
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.





















