Walnut Grove, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43326. The Survey maps it on the Kenton quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
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.
- 1915 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
23,391 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Pleasant Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Pleasant Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 2002 and 2002, burning about 1 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 November 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 138 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 138 specimens collected within 10 miles of Walnut Grove between 1910 and 1973: 119 Animalia, 19 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, Anson A. Hinkley, Bartholomew E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago tritici (Bjerk.) Rostr. | 1923 | W.G. Stover | Kenton |
![]() | Mycosphaerella dearnessii M.E.Barr | 1931 | Curtis May | State Forest at Steece |
![]() | Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830) | 1939 | J. Pelton | Pond near Kenton |
![]() | Guignardia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1910 | Heckathorne H. E. | Kenton |
![]() | Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1910 | Heckathorne H. E. | Kenton |
![]() | Puccinia asterum (Schwein.) F.Kern | 1913 | Bartholomew E. | Kenton |
![]() | Puccinia caricis-solidaginis Arthur | 1913 | E. Bartholomew | Kenton |
![]() | Puccinia dioicae Magnus | 1913 | Bartholomew, Elam T | Kenton |
![]() | Puccinia extensicola Plowr. | 1913 | E. Bartholomew | Kenton. |
| Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829) | 1914 | Anson A. Hinkley | Scioto River, Kenton, near headwaters, North America | |
| Eupelmidae | 1917 | VL Wildermuth | Kenton | |
| Limenitis arthemis astyanax (Fabricius, 1775) | 1925 | not recorded |
All 138 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hardin Quarry | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bridgeport | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grant | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Blocktown (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Westview Estates | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kenton | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dunkirk | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| McVitty | 5.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1047532. 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.




















