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Jaite, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brecksville City. It lies in ZIP code area 44141. The Survey maps it on the Northfield quadrangle.

Jaite within Cuyahoga County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jaite, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Jaite, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

On record in Jaite

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed 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 county-history sources

4,612 words on this township

History of Cuyahoga County Ohio, published 1870 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Brecksville City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Brecksville City - 4,612 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Jaite between 1993 and 2012, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkRIVERVIEW ROAD
15 June 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkKEEBLER
17 May 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkBOSTON
5 April 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkGOOD
19 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkSTUMPY
15 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCuyahoga Valley National ParkPINE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cuyahoga County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,007 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,007 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jaite between 1876 and 1975: 987 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 1 incertae sedis. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Hall, A. Woolman 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 Osmunda claytoniana L.Osmunda claytoniana L.1894Winkler, H.J.Cleveland.
Specimen of Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis (Willd.) A.GrayOsmunda regalis var. spectabilis (Willd.) A.Gray1897Winkler, H.J.Cleveland. Moist woods.
A photograph of the species Dendroica caerulescens, not of this specimenDendroica caerulescens caerulescens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1876A. Hallunspecified
A photograph of the species Dendroica castanea, not of this specimenDendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810)1876A. Hallunspecified
A photograph of the species Dendroica fusca, not of this specimenDendroica fusca (Statius Müller, 1776)1876A. Hallunspecified
A photograph of the species Dendroica striata, not of this specimenDendroica striata (J.R.Forster, 1772)1876A. Hallunspecified
A photograph of the species Seiurus aurocapilla, not of this specimenSeiurus aurocapilla aurocapilla (Linnaeus, 1766)1876A. Hallunspecified
A photograph of the species Baeolophus bicolor, not of this specimenBaeolophus bicolor bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)1877A. Hallunspecified
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081877A. Hallunspecified
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893A. WoolmanCuyohoga River, Independence, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1893not recordedCuyahoga River, Independence, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1893not recordedCuyahoga River, Independence, Ohio

All 1,007 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jaite in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 hail. 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
May 2015HailJaite-A trained spotter reported penny size hail.

Every storm recorded in Cuyahoga 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
Brecksville3.5 miles16
Enterprise (historical)4.7 miles16
Alexander4.8 miles15
Walton Hills5.4 miles15
Southpark5.7 miles15
Applecreek Village6.1 miles15
Broadview Heights6.2 miles16
Oakwood6.4 miles15

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 Q122594335The 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 1064899. 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.