Clifford, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45648. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wakefield quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 76 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
12 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 Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
In the 1903 county history
4,993 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Valley Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Valley Township - 4,993 words.
Fires nearby
40 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Clifford between 2004 and 2020, burning about 224 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15224 |
| 9 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15743 |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1261 |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,316 shownMuseums hold 1,316 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clifford between 1885 and 1975: 1,162 Animalia, 107 Fungi, 43 Plantae, 2 Protozoa, 1 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan | 1893 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Peronospora polygoni Halst. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1887 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm. | 1889 | Craig M. | Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River |
![]() | Myelochroa galbina (Ach.) Elix & Hale | 1893 | Jones, T.H.B | Otway |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
| unnamed | 1897 | Morgan | Preston | |
![]() | Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
| Philohela minor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Bloom Switch, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
All 1,316 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clifford: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Cutlip Plant Dredge & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lucasville Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lucasville Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
10 since 2000The National Weather Service names Clifford in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifford | $20,000 | At least two dozen trees were downed across the county. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifford | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifford | $3,000 | Large trees were downed along Millers Run-Fallen Timber Road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifford | $3,000 | Several trees were downed northwest of Lucasville. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifford | $1,000 | A large tree was downed. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifford | $500 | One 4.5 inch diameter tree limb was knocked down near Lucusville. In addition, some unsecured lawn items were blown around. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Clifford | - | High water was flowing along McNamer Brown Road. |
| August 2022 | Flood | Clifford | - | High water was reported on Big Run Road. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Clifford | - | High water was reported over several roads throughout the county. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Clifford | - | Flooding was reported on several roads in Morgan, Rush and Valley Townships. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cockrell Run | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lucasville | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tomlison Addition | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Preston Addition | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Crabtree | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Owensville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sedan | 5.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048606. 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.





















