Bakersville, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43832. It stands on Hothem Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fresno quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 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
16 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.
- 1911 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
9 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bakersville between 2005 and 2018, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 961 |
| 30 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 486 |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11145 |
| 27 February 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 December 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 724 shownMuseums hold 724 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bakersville between 1906 and 1967: 543 Plantae, 109 Animalia, 66 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Alleshonse? O. C., Alleshouse O. C., Bolin, F. (Frank) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk. | 1942 | Modenke | White Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed |
![]() | Bulgaria rufa Schwein. | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed |
![]() | Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton |
![]() | Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1906 | Alleshouse O. C. | New Bedford |
![]() | Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter | 1906 | Alleshonse? O. C. | New Bedford |
![]() | Coelioxys sayi Robertson, 1897 | 1923 | not recorded | |
| Ichneumonidae | 1923 | not recorded | ||
![]() | Nematus tibialis Newman, 1837 | 1923 | not recorded | |
![]() | Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773) | 1924 | not recorded | |
![]() | Holopyga ventralis | 1924 | not recorded | |
| Thelia bimaculata Fabricius | 1924 | W.V. Balduf | ||
| Tiphia J.C.Fabricius, 1775 | 1924 | not recorded |
All 724 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
5 since 2011The National Weather Service names Bakersville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bakersville | $35,000 | The Department of Highways reported trees down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bakersville | $25,000 | Power lines and trees were down and on fire along County Road 6. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bakersville | $3,000 | Trees were reported down along County Road 2. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bakersville | - | Multiple trees and power lines down across the area. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bakersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Powell | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Orange | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fresno | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Chili | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Isleta | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Shady Bend | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Iron Corner | 6.4 miles | 16 |
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 Bakersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4849322 | 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 1048480. 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.
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.
























