Jaybird, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45660. It stands on Jaybird Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jaybird quadrangle.
Then and now
1916 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 75 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.
- 1916 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jaybird quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jaybird quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jaybird quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jaybird quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jaybird quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
In the 1900 county history
821 words on this townshipThe county history of 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Franklin Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Franklin Township - 821 words.
Fires nearby
10 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Jaybird between 2004 and 2020, burning about 93 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15274 |
| 26 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8725 |
| 24 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 47 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15483 |
| 27 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 840 shownMuseums hold 840 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jaybird between 1892 and 1971: 427 Fungi, 248 Plantae, 149 Animalia, 16 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Braun, A. J. Sharp, A.J. Sharp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Apiosporina collinsii (Schwein.) Höhn. | 1900 | W.A. Kellerman | Mineral Springs |
![]() | Anchylopera brauni Heinrich, 1931 | 1927 | [Not Stated] | Beaver Pond |
![]() | Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill | 1929 | Benedict, H. | near Fawcett |
![]() | Stigmella platani Fuckel | 1892 | Kellerman W. A. | Mineral Springs |
![]() | Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel | 1900 | Kern W. A. | Mineral Springs |
![]() | Puccinia smilacis Schwein. | 1900 | W. A. Kellerman | Mineral Springs |
![]() | Baeomyces byssoides (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. | 1925 | Muegel, Harry R. | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
![]() | Cladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaer. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
![]() | Cladonia cristatella Tuck. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
| Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge | |
| Cladonia uncialis (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge | |
![]() | Dermatocarpon miniatum (L.) W.Mann | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Turkey Creek |
All 840 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jaybird: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Run Stone Division Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Adams Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plum Run Stone Div Meigs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2020The National Weather Service names Jaybird in 1 storm report between 2020 and 2020: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jaybird | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Gap | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Beaver Pond | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bacon Flat | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mineral Springs | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Locust Grove | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Grooms | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Peebles | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Steam Furnace | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Jaybird | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133854 | 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 1064902. 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.























