Blairmont, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Short Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43901. It stands on Rose Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harrisville quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 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
17 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.
- 1905 USGS St. Clairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS St. Clairsville 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
- 1960 USGS Harrisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Harrisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Harrisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Harrisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Harrisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
4 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Blairmont between 2011 and 2016, burning about 5 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 981 |
| 10 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4005 |
| 18 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
11 of 17 shownMuseums hold 17 specimens collected within 10 miles of Blairmont between 1889 and 1964: 10 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 11 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andrew R. Moldenke, Fink, B., H. Waters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ulmus americana L. | 1908 | Fink, B. | USA. A. P. Morgan Farm near Harrison |
![]() | Uncinula macrospora Peck | 1908 | Fink, B. | USA. A. P. Morgan Farm near Harrison |
![]() | Sinapis arvensis L. | 1889 | L. Dickerson | |
![]() | Pseudopeziza medicaginis (Lib.) Sacc. | 1908 | not recorded | Cadiz |
| Halictidae | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Harrisville, Ohio | |
| Cyprinidae | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Brushy Fork, no more precise locality data, 3.6 miles southwest of Cadiz OH, Cadiz Township | |
| Arthropoda | 1934 | H. Waters | Hopedale, Plot 128 | |
![]() | Grapholita eclipsana (Zeller, 1875) | 1934 | Waters, H. | Hopedale |
![]() | Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis (Riley, 1869) | 1964 | Miller, W.E. | Harrisville |
![]() | Gnorimoschema salinaris Busck, 1911 | 1964 | Miller, W.E. | Harrisville |
![]() | Verbena urticifolia L. | 1964 | Andrew R. Moldenke | Cadiz |
All 17 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blairmont: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Div. Limestone Plant No. 13 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
1 since 2025The National Weather Service names Blairmont in 1 storm report between 2025 and 2025: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Blairmont | - | Report of water across the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleve | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Chickwan | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hurford | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Belknap | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kenwood | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ginther (historical) | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hagan Addition | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Newtown (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048527. 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.
























