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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

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.

Fairhaven within Preble County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Fairhaven, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fairhaven, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1915 county history

5,510 words on this township

The 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.

Harshman Bridge, Spanning Four Mile Creek, Concord-Fairhaven Road, Fairhaven, Preble County, OH
Harshman Bridge, Spanning Four Mile Creek, Concord-Fairhaven Road, Fairhaven, Preble County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 700 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Matthes,B.USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Camden
Specimen of Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1909Fink, V.; Steven, W. G.In Houston's Woods [sic; Hueston Woods State Park, Butler and Preble counties].
Specimen of Cenangium ferruginosum Fr.Cenangium ferruginosum Fr.1909Bruce Fink
A photograph of the species Ramularia armoraciae, not of this specimenRamularia armoraciae Fuckel1890Elliott E. N.Morning Sun
A photograph of the species Uria lomvia, not of this specimenUria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)1896Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.)Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Septoria oenotherae, not of this specimenSeptoria oenotherae Westend.1901W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Bryum pseudotriquetrum, not of this specimenBryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods, east of Talawanda Creek
Campylium hispidulum (Brid.) Mitt.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods
A photograph of the species Cladonia furcata, not of this specimenCladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad., 17941909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Cladonia macilenta, not of this specimenCladonia macilenta var. bacillaris (Ach.) Schaer.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Cladonia peziziformis, not of this specimenCladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R.Laundon1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Dicranum scoparium, not of this specimenDicranum scoparium Hedw.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods

All 700 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

7 since 1995

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Flash FloodFairhaven$500,000Two 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 2003Thunderstorm WindFairhaven$20,000One 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 2008Thunderstorm WindFairhaven$15,000A 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 2016Thunderstorm WindFairhaven$6,000Several trees were knocked down on State Route 177.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFairhaven$5,000Several trees were downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindFairhaven$4,000Trees downed.
June 2003Flash FloodFairhaven-Several roads were flooded and closed.

Every storm recorded in Preble County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Claysburg (historical)1.1 miles13
Morning Sun3.5 miles11
Fosterville3.7 miles11
Corvin (historical)4.5 miles11
Talawanda Springs4.5 miles16
Muttonville4.7 miles11
Sugar Valley4.8 miles11
Lake Lakengren5.4 miles11

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.