Delmont, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hocking Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43130. It stands on Allen Knob. The Survey maps it on the Amanda quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 77 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.
- 1907 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Amanda quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Amanda quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Amanda quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
In the 1901 county history
1,063 words on this townshipThe county history of 1901 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hocking Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hocking Township - 1,063 words.
Fires nearby
13 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Delmont between 2007 and 2020, burning about 19 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15201 |
| 24 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1581 |
| 5 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 742 |
| 18 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1042 |
| 12 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1041 |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15458 |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 741 |
| 19 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 524 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 3,124 shownMuseums hold 3,124 specimens collected within 10 miles of Delmont between 1839 and 1975: 2,349 Animalia, 528 Fungi, 232 Plantae, 7 Protozoa, 6 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Schrader, Angerman, C. (Carl) & Triplehorn, C. A. (Charles A.), Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Fr., 1829 | 1890 | Detmers, Freda | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1891 | M. Craig | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Kuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur | 1891 | Freda Detmers | Rock Mill |
| Coreopsis discoidea Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | ||
![]() | Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Saxifraga sullivantii Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Trillium erectum var. declinatum A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ricciocarpos natans (L.) Corda | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Rudbeckia sullivantii C.L.Boynton & Beadle | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv. | 1841 | not recorded | |
![]() | Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) Hedenäs | 1841 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant |
All 3,124 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 Delmont: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Davis Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2016The National Weather Service names Delmont in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delmont | $2,000 | Two trees were downed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delmont | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down along Mt. Zion Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delmont | $500 | Tree limbs between two and five inches in diameter were knocked down. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Delmont | - | Numerous roads were closed throughout the county due to high water, especially in Madison Township. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Amanda | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Clearport | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Colonial Estates | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Lake Estates | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Carpenters Addition | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hooker | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tarhe Town (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064526. 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.






















