DeCliff, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43341. The Survey maps it on the New Bloomington 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
11 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 La Rue quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Bloomington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Bloomington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Bloomington quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of DeCliff between 2005 and 2005, burning about 332 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 332 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | WILDERNESS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 245 shownMuseums hold 245 specimens collected within 10 miles of DeCliff between 1929 and 1975: 244 Animalia, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Acker, G., Baumgartner, L., Breiding 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Grand Twp: along Tymochtee Cr., Marion Co., Ohio |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tymochtee Creek, within Grand township, near Marseilles, Grand township |
![]() | Erimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Pawpaw Run, within Grand township, near Marseilles, Grand township |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township |
![]() | Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township |
![]() | Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township |
![]() | Ictalurus melas (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Pawpaw Run, within Grand township, near Marseilles, Grand township |
![]() | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tymochtee Creek, within Grand township, near Marseilles, Grand township |
![]() | Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Tymochtee Creek, at Marseilles, Marseilles Twnp |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township |
![]() | Phenacobius mirabilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township |
All 245 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2023The National Weather Service names DeCliff in 1 storm report between 2023 and 2023: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Decliff | $23,000 | A brief EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 90 mph occurred just south of the intersection of OH-309 and Dry Lane Road North in the La Rue area. As the tornado moved east-northeastward, it caused damage at a residential property along Dry Lane Road North. A portion of an outbuilding's roof was torn-off and several trees were damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Bloomington | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| La Rue | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Meeker | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Winnemac (historical) | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Holmesville (historical) | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Espyville | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gurley (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Big Island | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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 DeCliff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85755943 | The 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 1064515. 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.






















