Dwight, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Switzerland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43915. It stands on Dry Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1905 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Moundsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
10 since 2010The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Dwight between 2010 and 2020, burning about 35 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4847 |
| 13 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 905 |
| 17 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15412 |
| 9 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 November 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6131 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 526 shownMuseums hold 526 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dwight between 1901 and 1975: 513 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Adler, K. K. & Wood, T. (Tilley) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. | 1924 | L.L. Lehman | |
![]() | Irpex fuscescens (Schwein.) Schwein. | 1931 | F. O. Grover | S of Oak point, woods |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1968 | L. Macior | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Cyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Fusconaia subrotunda (I.Lea, 1831) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
All 526 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2018The National Weather Service names Dwight in 1 storm report between 2018 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dwight | - | Social media report of trees down along Headley Ridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzer | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bingham | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cameron | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Stillhouse Run (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Clarington | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oak | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Round Bottom | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Beallsville | 6.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1051014. 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.


























