Chaffee, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sagamore Hills Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44067. The Survey maps it on the Northfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
On record in Chaffee
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lock No. 35listed 1979 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed 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.
- 1903 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Chaffee (historical) between 1993 and 2006, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | VANACHEK |
| 15 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | KEEBLER |
| 17 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | BOSTON |
| 19 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | STUMPY |
| 28 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.3 acres | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | STONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 693 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 693 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chaffee (historical) between 1877 and 1973: 667 Animalia, 17 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hall, Adams J. M. R., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | C. Rutter | Cuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio |
![]() | Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817) | 1928 | not recorded | Brandywine Brook, Hudson, North America |
![]() | Lycopodium lucidulum Michx. | 1973 | George T. Jones | 1 mile west of Everett, Richfield Township |
![]() | Empidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843) | 1877 | A. Hall | Cuyahoga |
![]() | Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1887 | B. Sanford | Hudson |
![]() | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1889 | Reade M. C. | Hudson |
![]() | Scolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1892 | Beryl Hodge | Hudson |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Peninsula, Ohio |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula |
![]() | Xylaria polymorpha (Pers.) Grev. | 1897 | Read M. | Hudson |
![]() | Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm. | 1898 | Read, M. C. | Hudson |
All 693 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chaffee (historical): 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bloating Material. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hydraulic Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Independence Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Terra Visa Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Terra Visa Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagamore Hills | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Northfield Center | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Emmons Corner | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Northfield | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Little York | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Brandywine | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wheelock (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Macedonia | 4.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058487. 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.



















