Upper Arlington, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Upper Arlington City. It lies in ZIP code area 43212. It stands on Litchford Run. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Columbus quadrangle. 36,800 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresUpper Arlington grew from 33,771 to 36,800 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33,771 | |
| 2020 | 36,800 | +3,029 (+9%) |
Then and now
1923 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 63 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
15 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.
- 1923 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Upper Arlington between 2011 and 2011, burning about 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 9,404 shownMuseums hold 9,404 specimens collected within 10 miles of Upper Arlington between 1804 and 1975: 7,422 Animalia, 1,272 Fungi, 562 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 30 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni | 1900 | Tyler, F.J.; O. E. Jennings | Columbus |
![]() | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
![]() | Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana | 1804 | Dr. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1805 | J. R. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Carex comosa Boott | 1809 | Collector unknown | Worthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1814 | not recorded | Columbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927 | 1821 | C. Huber | Columbus |
![]() | Solidago riddellii Frank | 1832 | W. A. Kellerman | A few miles N of Columbus. |
![]() | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1834 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1837 | W. S. Sullivant | Near Columbus |
![]() | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1897 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Clevenger, J. F. | Columbus |
All 9,404 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Upper Arlington: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Asarco Columbus Smelter | Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Columbus Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Columbus Quarry | Calcium | Producer |
Storms nearby
23 since 1995The National Weather Service names Upper Arlington in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $20,000 | Several trees were downed in the Hilliard area, including one that caused damage to a house. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $20,000 | Widespread tree damage occurred in the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $4,000 | Several large trees downed. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $2,000 | Several small trees were downed. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $1,000 | A large tree was downed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $1,000 | A tree fell onto the road at the intersection of McCoy and Clairmont Roads. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $1,000 | A large tree was knocked down across the road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $1,000 | A healthy small tree was knocked down near the intersection of Tremont and Harwitch Roads. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | $100 | A large tree limb was snapped. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Upper Arlington | - | Portions of Dublin Road were flooded and impassable between Fishinger and Davidson Roads. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | - | The wind gust was estimated by the observer. |
| February 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Arlington | - | A wind gust of 63 mph was measured at WCMH NBC 4 in Columbus. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Upper Arlington | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Cliff | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| San Margherita | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Grandview Heights | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Seagrave | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Eastcleft | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Valley View | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Highway (historical) | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Millington | 3.3 miles | 17 |
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 Upper Arlington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924921 | 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 1075125. 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.

























