Fiat, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bucks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43840. It stands on Dividing Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Baltic quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 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
14 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.
- 1911 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Baltic quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Baltic quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Baltic quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Baltic quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
5 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fiat between 2005 and 2015, burning about 10 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1087 |
| 10 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 486 |
| 28 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
10 of 12 shownMuseums hold 12 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fiat between 1925 and 1973: 9 Animalia, 2 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 10 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. F. Zuercher, Cusick, A.W., FRYKLUND 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Botrychium dissectum Spreng. | 1967 | Cusick, A.W. | Cemetary on steep slope above Evans Creek; St. Rt. 751 & Twp. Rt. 252, Sect. 19, Adams Twp. |
![]() | Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842) | 1925 | not recorded | Sugarcreek |
![]() | Tamias striatus fisheri A.H.Howell, 1925 | 1927 | C. F. Zuercher | Sugar Creek |
![]() | Marmota monax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1931 | ZUERCHER, C F | SUGARCREEK |
![]() | Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 | 1932 | FRYKLUND | SUGARCREEK |
![]() | Mephitis mephitis nigra (Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) | 1932 | ZUERCHER, C F | SUGARCREEK |
![]() | Sciurus niger rufiventer É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 | 1937 | ZUERCHER, C F | SUGARCREEK |
![]() | Bovistella radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Pat. | 1942 | H. N. Moldenke | Rogersville |
| Daedalea quercina (L. ex Fr.) | 1942 | H. N. Moldenke | Rogersville | |
| Dendroica cerulea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1973 | Pulich, Warren | Newcomerstown, 10 mi E of; Jim Clement's Farm |
All 12 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fiat: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Meuhlhooffer Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Domer Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Domer Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dresher Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Fisher Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Troyer Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2014The National Weather Service names Fiat in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flood | Fiat | $1,000 | Emergency management reported the intersection of State Route 93 and Township Road 88 flooded. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fiat | - | Storm survey conducted by NWS Pittsburgh found notable tree damage Deibel Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly (historical) | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Baltic | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Baltic Park Place | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ragersville | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Stone Creek | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sugarcreek | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Blackband | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Shanesville | 6.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062760. 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.





















