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Bloomingdale, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43910. The Survey maps it on the Smithfield quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,263 feet above sea level.

Bloomingdale within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Bloomingdale fell from 202 to 145 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010202
2020145-57 (-28%)

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bloomingdale, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Bloomingdale, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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 nearby

13 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bloomingdale between 2003 and 2020, burning about 33 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12885
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12910
4 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12908
4 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13765
30 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 497 shown

Museums hold 497 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bloomingdale between 1836 and 1974: 342 Animalia, 132 Plantae, 23 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. W. Cusick, Adams, W. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Vitis aestivalis Michx.Vitis aestivalis Michx.1836Jewett
Specimen of Puccinia monardae J.W.BaxterPuccinia monardae J.W.Baxter1896AshcraftNear Middleburg
Specimen of Polygonum erectum L.Polygonum erectum L.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Circus cyaneus, not of this specimenCircus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Mniotilta varia, not of this specimenMniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Carex hirsutella, not of this specimenCarex hirsutella Mack.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium latifolium, not of this specimenDichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, not of this specimenDichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Elymus hystrix, not of this specimenElymus hystrix L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1877Guttenberg, G.near Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum mutilum, not of this specimenHypericum mutilum L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville

All 497 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

7 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Bloomingdale in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBloomingdale$25,000The 911 call center reported trees down.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Bloomingdale$10,000A weak F0 tornado with maximum winds estimated at around 70 MPH touched down in a rural area 2 miles west of Bloomingdale. As the tornado moved east it passed over US 22, downing or shearing several trees along the shoulder of the road. As the tornado moved towards Bloomingdale it downed several more trees, but weakened as it moved into the town. Damage in the town was limited to several shingles blown from roofs and a few downed trees. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindBloomingdale$2,000A photo was provided of a downed tree and power line in a backyard.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBloomingdale$2,000Large trees, downed by thunderstorm winds, were blocking roads.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindBloomingdale$500Local law enforcement reported trees down in Bloomingdale.
November 2003Flash FloodBloomingdale-Route 152 flooded.
April 2001HailBloomingdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Fairplay1.4 miles18
Unionport1.8 miles18
Broadacre2.5 miles18
Chandler2.5 miles18
Panhandle2.9 miles18
Valley View3.0 miles18
Belvedere3.0 miles18
McIntyre3.2 miles18

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 BloomingdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2669243The 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 1038125. 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.