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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

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.

Jasper within Pike County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Jasper, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jasper, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

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.

Jones House (Stone), State Highway 24, Jasper, Pike County, OH
Jones House (Stone), State Highway 24, Jasper, Pike County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

76 since 2004

The 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
28 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources9187
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15228
9 August 2019Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15226
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15221
9 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15743
8 June 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15742
9 May 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1262
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1261

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,778 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Aecidium compositarum Rabenh.Aecidium compositarum Rabenh.1896F.L. StevensColumbus
Specimen of Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)1909not recordedScioto River, Piketon
Specimen of Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 18201909not recordedPiketon, Scioto River
A photograph of the species Asterella tenella, not of this specimenAsterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv.1889C. J. HerrickWaverly
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 18981889not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Hybognathus nuchalis, not of this specimenHybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 18551894Bean & B. EvermannScioto Creek, Coopersville, New York
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181894B. W. EvermannCooperville; Scioto Cr
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1898not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1898not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Ammodramus savannarum, not of this specimenAmmodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Waverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Asio flammeus, not of this specimenAsio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Piketon, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Astragalinus Cabanis, not of this specimenAstragalinus Cabanis, 18511898not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA

All 1,778 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A & S Plant A-7 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
A & S Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cutlip PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cutlip Plant Dredge & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gregory Materials CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seal Builders S & G Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms nearby

10 since 2002

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJasper$4,000A few trees were downed along State Route 104 near Jasper.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJasper$4,000Several large trees were knocked down west of the town of Jasper.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJasper$4,000Numerous trees were knocked down on Long Fork Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindJasper$4,000A few trees were reported downed on power lines.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindJasper$4,000A large tree fell onto power lines.
May 2020FloodJasper$2,000Two vehicles stalled in high water on a roadway.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindJasper$2,000A few trees were knocked down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJasper$1,000A tree was knocked down in the 5000 block of State Route 104.
May 2017Flash FloodJasper-High water was flowing over a bridge along Long Fork Road.
May 2017HailJasper-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Van Meter1.7 miles15
Pleasant Valley2.1 miles15
Piketon2.6 miles15
Riverdale2.9 miles15
Stony Ridge (historical)3.1 miles15
Tennyson3.5 miles15
Sargents3.7 miles15
Daleyville3.9 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.

Wikipedia article on JasperAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12833624The 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.