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New Alexandria, Ohio

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cross Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43938. It stands on Buckingham Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Steubenville West quadrangle. 232 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,224 feet above sea level.

New Alexandria within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

New Alexandria fell from 272 to 232 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010272
2020232-40 (-15%)

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Alexandria, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Alexandria, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

24 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.

Fires nearby

14 since 1996

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of New Alexandria between 1996 and 2015, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
13 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBETHANY PIKE/GREENS RUN RD.
2 May 1996Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryGREEN'S RUN
3 April 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry49 HILL ROAD
2 April 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2003Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryCROSS CREEK RD.
1 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources686
1 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCHAPMAN HEIGHTS
9 March 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCROSS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 588 shown

Museums hold 588 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Alexandria between 1836 and 1974: 357 Animalia, 189 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. W. Cusick, Allison W. Cusick, Arden R. Gaufin 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 Vitis aestivalis Michx.Vitis aestivalis Michx.1836Jewett
Specimen of Polygonum erectum L.Polygonum erectum L.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio
Specimen of Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) LinkPuccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link1902W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Betula lenta, not of this specimenBetula lenta L.1877Wertz, H.W.Buffalo Creek near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Carex hirsutella, not of this specimenCarex hirsutella Mack.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium latifolium, not of this specimenDichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, not of this specimenDichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Elymus hystrix, not of this specimenElymus hystrix L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Fagus grandifolia, not of this specimenFagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Guttenberg, H.G.Wellsburg
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1877Guttenberg, G.near Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum mutilum, not of this specimenHypericum mutilum L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville

All 588 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Alexandria: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Fairfax DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Brilliant, OhioZirconiumProducer
Wheeling-Pgh/ Mingo Junction, OhioIronProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms nearby

5 since 2000

The National Weather Service names New Alexandria in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Alexandria$5,000Local 911 reported numerous trees down in Wells Township.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Alexandria$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Alexandria$500Local law enforcement reported trees down on State Route 151.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Alexandria-County official reported several trees and power lines down in the area.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Alexandria-A 911 Call Center reported trees down.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Valley Glen1.3 miles24
Kolmont1.8 miles24
Fells (historical)2.1 miles24
Gould2.3 miles24
Georges Run2.9 miles24
Salt Run3.0 miles27
Brilliant3.3 miles24
Fernwood3.4 miles24

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 New AlexandriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2157389The 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 1043814. 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.