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Jefferson, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bloom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43112. It stands on Chestnut Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Canal Winchester quadrangle.

Jefferson within Fairfield County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jefferson, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Jefferson, surveyed 1925

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

1,854 words on this township

History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, published 1912 names this settlement in its chapter on Bloom Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Dr. Miner, with George Custer, Mr. Brown and a dozen others, founded the Presbyterian Church in 1834. Rev. Leonard was the first pastor, succeeded by Rev. S. M. Wilson. Rev. B. F. Munson is the present pastor. The Methodist and Lutheran churches were built about 1840. Rev. B. F. Jackson is pastor of the Methodist Church and Rev. C. A. Rhiel. pastor of the Lutheran Church.

Passage source: History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, published 1912.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Bloom Township.

Fires near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jefferson between 2012 and 2012, burning about 25 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
Debris and open burning1

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
7 March 2012Debris and open burning25 acresWayne National ForestSR 522

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,818 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,818 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jefferson between 1859 and 1975: 1,723 Animalia, 60 Fungi, 34 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bales, B. R., Birch, W., Bitterly, K. (Kermit) 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 Kuehneola uredinis (Link) ArthurKuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur1891Freda DetmersRock Mill
Specimen of Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst.Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst.1892W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of Trypethelium virens Tuck.Trypethelium virens Tuck.1898Ernst E. Bogue
A photograph of the species Anas discors, not of this specimenAnas discors Linnaeus, 17661859Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Buckeye Lake "Middle Bank", Fairfield, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bonasa umbellus, not of this specimenBonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766)1874not recordedLancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.1882Kellerman W. A.Fairfield Co.
Gnomonia sassafras Ellis & Everh.1883W. A. Kellerman
Leptostroma vulgare Fr.1883W. A. Kellerman
Leptostromataceae1883W. A. Kellermann
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta Pers., not of this specimenPhyllosticta Pers., 18181883W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Septoria E.M.Fries, not of this specimenSeptoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. Kellerman
Septoria polygonorum Desm.1883W. A. Kellerman

All 1,818 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jefferson: 1 producer. All of them 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
Favil PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fairfield 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
Slough1.0 miles16
Lockville1.5 miles12
Lockville Station1.6 miles12
Jefferson Woods2.3 miles12
Chester Heights2.3 miles16
Lithopolis2.5 miles16
Woodstream2.7 miles16
Greencastle2.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048871. 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.