Fairham Heights, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fairfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45011. It stands on Hickory Flats. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton 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
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.
- 1915 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
In the 1905 county history
17,301 words on this townshipThe county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fairfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fairfield Township - 17,301 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 479 shownMuseums hold 479 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fairham Heights between 1835 and 1975: 409 Animalia, 45 Plantae, 22 Fungi, 2 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Leptostromataceae | 1883 | Prof. W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Lancaster. |
![]() | Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey | 1835 | Collector unknown | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
| Carex convoluta Mack. | 1835 | Collector unspecified | "Miami" | |
![]() | Carex gracillima Schwein. | 1835 | B. Frank | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
![]() | Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) | 1879 | W. Douglass | Jones Station |
![]() | Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
![]() | Diadophis punctatus arnyi Kennicott, 1859 | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
![]() | Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
![]() | Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1879 | Porter collection, J.B. | LOCNM: Jones |
![]() | Spiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
All 479 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fairham Heights: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Inc/ Hamilton, Ohio | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Aggregate Services Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| American Materials/ Hamilton, Ohio | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Fairfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton Plant #710 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New Miami Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| New Miami 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normandy Heights | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Fordson Heights | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Brofield Estates | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Greenlawn | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Woodsdale Park | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Belmont | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| New Miami | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| City View Heights | 2.1 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565108 | 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 2353396. 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.
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.

























