Fairhaven, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Israel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45311. The Survey maps it on the Fairhaven 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.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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 College Corner quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fairhaven quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Fairhaven quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1915 county history
5,510 words on this townshipThe county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Israel Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Israel Township - 5,510 words.
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 700 shownMuseums hold 700 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fairhaven between 1877 and 1975: 553 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 55 Fungi, 5 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.L.; Bucholtz, I., 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1877 | Matthes,B. | USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Camden |
![]() | Bulgaria rufa Schwein. | 1909 | Fink, V.; Steven, W. G. | In Houston's Woods [sic; Hueston Woods State Park, Butler and Preble counties]. |
![]() | Cenangium ferruginosum Fr. | 1909 | Bruce Fink | |
![]() | Ramularia armoraciae Fuckel | 1890 | Elliott E. N. | Morning Sun |
![]() | Uria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.) | Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Septoria oenotherae Westend. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. | 1909 | Braun, E. Lucy | Hueston Woods, east of Talawanda Creek |
| Campylium hispidulum (Brid.) Mitt. | 1909 | Braun, E. Lucy | Hueston Woods | |
![]() | Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad., 1794 | 1909 | Braun, E. Lucy | Hueston Woods State Park |
![]() | Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris (Ach.) Schaer. | 1909 | Braun, E. Lucy | Hueston Woods State Park |
![]() | Cladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R.Laundon | 1909 | Braun, E. Lucy | Hueston Woods State Park |
![]() | Dicranum scoparium Hedw. | 1909 | Braun, E. Lucy | Hueston Woods |
All 700 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
7 since 1995The National Weather Service names Fairhaven in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Fairhaven | $500,000 | Two bridges washed out, one of which was completely destroyed, on Fairhaven-College Corner Road and Buck Paxton Road. Little Four Mile Creek came out of its banks along both roads. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairhaven | $20,000 | One barn was severely damaged and another one was completely destroyed by the thunderstorm winds. Two vehicles sustained minor damage, and several trees were knocked down. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairhaven | $15,000 | A roof was removed off of a home on Sugar Valley Road, and trees were knocked down. A 61 mph gust was measured in Eaton. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairhaven | $6,000 | Several trees were knocked down on State Route 177. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairhaven | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairhaven | $4,000 | Trees downed. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Fairhaven | - | Several roads were flooded and closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claysburg (historical) | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Morning Sun | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fosterville | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Corvin (historical) | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Talawanda Springs | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Muttonville | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sugar Valley | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Lakengren | 5.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061065. 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.
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.























