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Catawba Ohio Map

Explore Catawba, Ohio, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Catawba, Ohio

How to Use This Catawba, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Catawba, Ohio. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Ohio or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Catawba.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityCatawba
StateOhio (OH)
CountyClark County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude39.999227
Longitude-83.621591
Population245
Density409.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code43010
Area Code614
County SeatSpringfield
School DistrictNortheastern Local School District

About Catawba, Ohio

Catawba is a locality in Clark County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 245. The population density is 409.5 people per km². Catawba is located at 39.9992°N, 83.6216°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Catawba is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43010.

Catawba emerges from the flat expanse of the Ohio plains as a collection of quiet, purposeful lines where the horizon stretches unbroken in every direction. It lies 10.2 miles southeast of Urbana, OH (from Urbana, OH: bearing 137°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Northridge. The earth here is heavy and dark, a fertile loam that dictates the slow, rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest, while the atmosphere often holds a pale, static clarity that makes the distant silhouette of Bristol Ridge seem like a faint charcoal sketch against the sky. Two miles to the east, the stillness of East Fork Buck Creek Structure Number Four Reservoir provides a mirror for the shifting clouds, its waters reflecting a landscape that has long been defined by the steady, patient work of the soil. Beyond the cultivated fields, the terrain dips toward the banks of East Fork Buck Creek, where the water cuts a winding, unremarkable path through the brush, carving out a sliver of wilder, unmanaged space that offers a brief respite from the orderly geometry of the surrounding farms.

Catawba carries the weight of a settlement founded on the promise of the plow, its identity rooted in the persistent, quiet endurance of an agricultural economy that has survived the shifting tides of regional industry. The residents here move with an awareness of the Clark Lake Wildlife Area, a nearby expanse where the wilder, ungoverned growth of the region reminds one that the land was here long before the roads were surveyed. Life in Catawba remains tied to the slow pulse of the seasons, a place where the social fabric is woven from the shared tasks of the harvest and the small, repeated rituals of a life spent close to the ground. While the modern world moves with a frantic, metallic hum, the days here are measured by the quality of the light as it turns from a sharp, morning gold to a deep, bruised violet, casting long shadows over the fields and emphasizing the profound, settled silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Clark Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 206° SW
  • Clarence J. Brown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 269° W
  • Buck Creek State Park (State Park) — 4.3 mi, 270° W
  • Clarence J. Brown Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 259° W
  • Darby WRP (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 024° NE
  • Goshen Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 028° NE
  • Gallagher / Springfield Fen (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 229° SW
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 131° SE
  • Crabill Fen (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 250° W
  • Indian Springs Golf Club (Park) — 8.2 mi, 032° NE
  • Clark County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 219° SW
  • New Reid Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 225° SW
  • Champaign County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 317° NW
  • Johnny Appleseed Education Center and Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 315° NW
  • Stone of Gratitude (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 239° SW
  • Wescott House, Frank Lloyd Wright (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 239° SW
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Depot (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 316° NW
  • Chateau la King (Historic Castle / Fort) — 10.9 mi, 087° E
  • Mid America Flight Museum North (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 323° NW
  • Madonna of the Trail (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 243° SW
  • The Heritage Center of Clark County (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 242° SW
  • Ohio Caverns (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 347° N
  • John Bryan State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 218° SW
  • Native American Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 19.3 mi, 226° SW
  • CCC Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 19.8 mi, 222° SW
  • Fairborn Phoenix (Theatre) — 24.8 mi, 240° SW
  • Caesar Ford Park Amphitheatre (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 206° SW
  • Out of Bounds (4 of 7) (Public Artwork) — 25.8 mi, 070° E
  • Shortest Street in America (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 343° N
  • Tellerium Ceramic Studio (Arts Centre) — 26.8 mi, 079° E

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About This Catawba Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Catawba, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.999227, -83.621591. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Catawba includes the ZIP code (43010), telephone area code (614), county seat of Clark County (Springfield), and school district assignment (Northeastern Local School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.