Cedar Fork, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mifflin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45646. It stands on Little Sunfish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Byington quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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.
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Byington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Byington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Byington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Byington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
38 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Fork between 2006 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15624 |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 719 |
| 30 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1088 |
| 29 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 524 shownMuseums hold 524 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cedar Fork between 1910 and 1975: 448 Animalia, 38 Fungi, 35 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. Braun, A. Cronquist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Polyporus picipes Rostk. | 1945 | West, Mary Lou | Cedar Fork |
![]() | Stereum sericeum Sacc. | 1945 | West, Mary Lou | Cedar Fork |
![]() | Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv. | 1910 | E.A. Kellogg | Just south of route 32 on Laurel Ridge Road (County Road 27). |
![]() | Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W.P.C.Barton | 1925 | Davis, H.A.; Davis, T. | Elm Grove |
![]() | Anomodon minor (Hedw.) Lindb. | 1926 | Braun, E. Lucy | Cedar Fork near Beaver pond |
![]() | Percina sciera (Swain, 1883) | 1926 | EL Wickliff | Sunfish Creek |
![]() | Polysporina simplex (Flot.) Vzda | 1926 | Muegel, H.R.(?) | east of Crooked Creek |
| Pylaisiella selwynii (Kindb.) H.A.Crum, Steere & L.E.Anderson | 1926 | Braun, E. Lucy | Cedar Fork | |
![]() | Schwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth. | 1926 | Braun, E. Lucy | Cedar Fork |
![]() | Thuidium abietinum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1926 | Braun, E. Lucy | Cedar Fork, near Beaver Pond |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | "Big Cave", Mifflin Twp., Pike Co., Ohio |
![]() | Preissia quadrata (Scop.) Nees | 1927 | Braun, E. Lucy | Beaver Pond, Cedar Fork |
All 524 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Fork: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rogers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byington | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Newfain | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Nace Corner | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Poplar Grove | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Kincaid Springs | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lapperell | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Latham | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Arkoe | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062688. 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.



























