Herefork, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ruggles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44851. The Survey maps it on the New London quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 78 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
12 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.
- 1908 USGS New London quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Herefork between 2020 and 2020, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15782 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 88 shownMuseums hold 88 specimens collected within 10 miles of Herefork between 1905 and 1971: 58 Animalia, 25 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. S. Percival, David F. Van Haverbeke, Davis, H.A.; Davis, T. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cylindrosporium padi P.Karst. | 1905 | Fair D. R. | Ruggles |
| Septoria pyricola Desm. | 1905 | Fair D. R. | Ruggles | |
![]() | Sphaeropsis malorum (Berk.) Berk. | 1905 | Fair D. R. | Ruggles |
![]() | Amphiagrion saucium (Burmeister, 1839) | 1916 | not recorded | Sullivan |
![]() | Conocephalus attenuatus (Scudder, 1869) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Vermilion River, TR 608 RM 62.1, 1.14 miles west of Savannah OH, Clear Creek township |
![]() | Carex limosa L. | 1938 | F. Bartley | Mud Lake |
![]() | Carex trisperma Dewey | 1938 | F. Bartley | Mud Lake |
![]() | Boleosoma nigrum nigrum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum pullum (Agassiz, 1854) | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township |
All 88 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Herefork: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Paving and Sealing Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Biglow | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruggles | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Nova | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Savannah | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bailey Lake | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sullivan | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Nankin | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Polk | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Paradise Hill | 13.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q122569367 | 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 1064826. 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.






















