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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.

Upper Arlington within Franklin County

Population over time

2 figures

Upper 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.

YearPeople Change
201033,771
202036,800+3,029 (+9%)

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Upper Arlington, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Upper Arlington, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

1 since 2011

The 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/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 9,404 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De ToniCintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni1900Tyler, F.J.; O. E. JenningsColumbus
Specimen of Sorghum bicolor (L.) MoenchSorghum bicolor (L.) Moench1900Jennings, O.E.Columbus, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Juniperus virginiana, not of this specimenJuniperus virginiana var. virginiana1804Dr. PaddockWorthington
A photograph of the species Platanthera psycodes, not of this specimenPlatanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.1805J. R. PaddockWorthington
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1809Collector unknownWorthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Hirundo Linnaeus, not of this specimenHirundo Linnaeus, 17581814not recordedColumbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Callimome strobiloides, not of this specimenCallimome strobiloides Huber, 19271821C. HuberColumbus
A photograph of the species Solidago riddellii, not of this specimenSolidago riddellii Frank1832W. A. KellermanA few miles N of Columbus.
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1834AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1837W. S. SullivantNear Columbus
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 19471897not recordedNo Further Locality Data
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897Clevenger, J. F.Columbus

All 9,404 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Asarco Columbus SmelterZinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPlant
Columbus QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Columbus QuarryCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms nearby

23 since 1995

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$20,000Several trees were downed in the Hilliard area, including one that caused damage to a house.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$20,000Widespread tree damage occurred in the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$4,000Several large trees downed.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$2,000Several small trees were downed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$1,000A large tree was downed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$1,000A tree fell onto the road at the intersection of McCoy and Clairmont Roads.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$1,000A large tree was knocked down across the road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$1,000A healthy small tree was knocked down near the intersection of Tremont and Harwitch Roads.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington$100A large tree limb was snapped.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington-Several trees were knocked down.
July 2017Flash FloodUpper Arlington-Portions of Dublin Road were flooded and impassable between Fishinger and Davidson Roads.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington-The wind gust was estimated by the observer.
February 2002Thunderstorm WindUpper Arlington-A wind gust of 63 mph was measured at WCMH NBC 4 in Columbus.
July 2023HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
July 2023HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
May 2015HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
March 2012HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
March 2012HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
March 2012HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
March 2012HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
March 2012HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
March 2012HailUpper Arlington-no account filed
June 2005HailUpper Arlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Marble Cliff0.5 miles15
San Margherita1.3 miles15
Grandview Heights1.5 miles15
Seagrave1.7 miles17
Eastcleft1.9 miles17
Valley View2.1 miles15
Highway (historical)2.7 miles17
Millington3.3 miles17

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 ArlingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1924921The 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.