Jonestown, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Coal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45640. It lies in Eisnaugle Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 67 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.
- 1913 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
34 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Jonestown between 2006 and 2019, burning about 177 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4511 |
| 3 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15176 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,353 shownMuseums hold 1,353 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jonestown between 1878 and 1975: 671 Animalia, 596 Plantae, 81 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 'Odell, D., A. Cronquist, A. M. Evans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda | 1925 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Calodon | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Little Salt Creek |
![]() | Calvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Little Salt Creek |
![]() | Houstonia caerulea L. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Hamden |
![]() | Krigia biflora (Walter) S.F.Blake | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Hamden |
![]() | Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej. | 1878 | None | Hamden |
![]() | Plantago lanceolata L. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Hamden |
![]() | Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 1758 | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Rorippa Scop. | 1905 | F. Bartley | 3 mi south of Jackson |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1915 | Hedgcock G. G. | Jackson |
![]() | Trametes robiniophila Murrill | 1916 | MCCLEDROTLE G. A.? | Coalton |
![]() | Eriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889) | 1923 | Miller, A. E. (August E.) | Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A. |
All 1,353 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jonestown: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Refractories/ Jackson, Ohio | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Jackson County Hwy Dept. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cambria Clay Brick Plant #5 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Durex Mill | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chapman | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Davisville | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coalton | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Englishville | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Garfield | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Morgantown (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Petrea | 2.2 miles | 14 |
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 Jonestown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85771917 | 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 1062832. 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.

























