Jasper, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45661. It stands on Long Fork. The Survey maps it on the Piketon quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1915 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000
- 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
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.
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fires nearby
76 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Jasper between 2004 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9187 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15228 |
| 9 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15226 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15221 |
| 9 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15743 |
| 8 June 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15742 |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1262 |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1261 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,778 shownMuseums hold 1,778 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jasper between 1889 and 1975: 1,617 Animalia, 118 Fungi, 41 Plantae, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, E. (Ed), B. W. Evermann, Bales, B. R. 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 compositarum Rabenh. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Columbus |
![]() | Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | not recorded | Scioto River, Piketon |
![]() | Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 | 1909 | not recorded | Piketon, Scioto River |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1889 | C. J. Herrick | Waverly |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1889 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Piketon, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Astragalinus Cabanis, 1851 | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
All 1,778 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 Jasper: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & S Plant A-7 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| A & S Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cutlip Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cutlip Plant Dredge & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gregory Materials Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seal Builders S & G Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms nearby
10 since 2002The National Weather Service names Jasper in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $4,000 | A few trees were downed along State Route 104 near Jasper. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $4,000 | Several large trees were knocked down west of the town of Jasper. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $4,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down on Long Fork Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $4,000 | A few trees were reported downed on power lines. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $4,000 | A large tree fell onto power lines. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Jasper | $2,000 | Two vehicles stalled in high water on a roadway. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $2,000 | A few trees were knocked down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down in the 5000 block of State Route 104. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Jasper | - | High water was flowing over a bridge along Long Fork Road. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Jasper | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Meter | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Piketon | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Riverdale | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Stony Ridge (historical) | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Tennyson | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sargents | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Daleyville | 3.9 miles | 15 |
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 Jasper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12833624 | 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 1048399. 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.


























