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Ohio, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ohio town. It lies in ZIP code area 13324. The Survey maps it on the Ohio quadrangle.

Ohio within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ohio, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Ohio, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 printed 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 near this place

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Ohio between 1997 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2

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
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
18 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGOOD LUCK MTN FIRE
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersKELLER
23 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ohio: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Garnet. 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
Special Aggregates Corp.GarnetOccurrence
Unnamed Magnetite OccurrenceIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ohio in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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
August 2001Thunderstorm WindOhio$12,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindOhio$5,000no account filed
August 2018LightningOhio$1,000A home was struck by lightning and the fire department was dispatched.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOhio-Several trees were snapped and downed along Shortcut Road in Ohio, NY.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOhio-A state official reported trees down on State Route 8.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOhio-A local emergency manager reported trees and wires downed on a house in the town of Ohio.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOhio-Local law enforcement reported a tree and wires down on a home on Woods Road.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Ohio-A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed a tornado touched down in the Town of Ohio. Hi-resolution satellite data determined the tornado path began east of Snyder Road and moved east-northeastward crossing Ash Creek Road and Route 8. Damage consisted of snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado was rated an EF1 with estimated peak winds of 90 mph. The path length was 0.70 miles with a path width of 180 yards.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOhio-A couple of trees were downed near Snyders Pond off of Snyder Road near the Town of Ohio.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOhio-A tree and wires were downed in the Town of Ohio.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindOhio-A tree was reported down.
November 2019FloodOhio-Route 8 was closed between Five Acres Lane and Gray-Wilmurt Road due to flooding.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindOhio-Trees and wires were downed.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindOhio-Trees and wires were downed on Harvey Bridge Road in the town of Ohio due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOhio-Utility wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Ohio.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOhio-Trees and wires were reported down in Ohio due to strong thunderstorm winds. Also, a power pole was reported broken along State Route 8.
June 2008HailOhio-Penny size hail was reported in Ohio during a thunderstorm.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOhio-Trees were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Ohio.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindOhio-A tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Ohio.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOhio-Trees and power lines down across NY Route 8, south of Noblesboro Bridge.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Gray4.3 miles23
Grant4.4 miles25
Hurricane5.2 miles22
Northwood5.2 miles25
Bull Hill5.4 miles23
Cold Brook6.4 miles24
Wheelertown6.8 miles23
Russia7.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959230. 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.

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.