Kilmer, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45745. The Survey maps it on the Lower Salem quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 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
13 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.
- 1903 USGS Macksburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Macksburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
6 since 2016The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kilmer between 2016 and 2020, burning about 82 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Wayne National Forest | NOBLE COUNTY LINE |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10687 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15706 |
| 18 March 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3810 |
| 10 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Wayne National Forest | LONG RUN |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | HARRIETSVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 52 shownMuseums hold 52 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kilmer between 1853 and 1961: 44 Animalia, 7 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Albert Hazen Wright, Barnes, R.C. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
![]() | Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
![]() | Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
![]() | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
| Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta | |
![]() | Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843 | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
![]() | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1883 | Albert Hazen Wright | Marietta |
![]() | Trillium sessile L. | 1884 | None | Macksburg |
![]() | Colletotrichum trifolii Bain | 1911 | Scarberry J. J. | MACKSBURG |
![]() | Notropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Duck Creek, within Ex west Jefferson township, near Harriettsville, Jefferson township |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Duck Creek, within Ex west Jefferson township, near Harriettsville, Jefferson township |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Duck Creek, within Ex west Jefferson township, near Harriettsville, Jefferson township |
All 52 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriettsville | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gem | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Middleburg | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Elk | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Road Fork | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Honesty | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dexter City | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rado (historical) | 6.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q122566598 | 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 1062837. 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.























