Folsom, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45133. The Survey maps it on the Belfast quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 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.
- 1917 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Belfast quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Belfast quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Belfast quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Belfast quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
9 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Folsom between 2004 and 2020, burning about 18 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15625 |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15598 |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15940 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 628 shownMuseums hold 628 specimens collected within 10 miles of Folsom between 1895 and 1973: 550 Animalia, 57 Plantae, 21 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14521, A W SHARER, A. Braun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium asterum Schwein. | 1895 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia podophylli Schwein. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Highland County |
![]() | Mycobilimbia sabuletorum (Schreb.) Hafellner | 1913 | Bruce Fink | Serpent Mound |
![]() | Dizygopleura Ulrich & Bassler, 1923 (fossil) | 1921 | Bucher & E. Ulrich | .5mi W Of Sinking Spring (Thin Cherty Layer In Lower Part Of Bisher Member) |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Cololejeunea biddlecomiae (Austin ex Pearson) A.Evans | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1926 | not recorded | |
![]() | Notropis volucellus volucellus | 1926 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | water unknown, #1 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1926 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | water unknown, #4 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a |
All 628 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2015The National Weather Service names Folsom in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2016: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Folsom | $5,000 | A barn was damaged and several trees were blown down. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Folsom | $1,000 | One tree was knocked down on State Route 247. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrysville | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Prospect | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fairfax | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Belfast | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sugar Tree Ridge | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sorg (historical) | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| New Market | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| North Uniontown | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Folsom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24898131 | 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 1040542. 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.

























