New Harrisburg, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44615. The Survey maps it on the Dellroy quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 84 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
16 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.
- 1910 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dellroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dellroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dellroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dellroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Dellroy quadrangle1:24000
In the 1866 county history
575,392 words on this townshipThe county history of 1866 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Harrison Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Harrison Township - 575,392 words.
Fires nearby
27 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of New Harrisburg between 2004 and 2020, burning about 316 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 burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5328 |
| 29 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1321 |
| 2 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 886 |
| 18 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12786 |
| 17 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11625 |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 887 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 261 shownMuseums hold 261 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Harrisburg between 1927 and 1975: 194 Animalia, 67 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, E. J., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Baker, C. W. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832) | 1927 | C.W. Baker | |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Notropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
All 261 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Harrisburg: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Malvern Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
7 since 2010The National Weather Service names New Harrisburg in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harrisburg | $10,000 | State official reported large trees blown down on State Route 171. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harrisburg | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported a large tree down on the intersection of RT 171 and Avalon RD. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harrisburg | $5,000 | Local 911 center reported trees down on Bronze Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harrisburg | $5,000 | Local 911 center reported trees down on Waynesburg road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harrisburg | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down northwest of Carrollton. |
| July 2015 | Flood | New Harrisburg | - | Member of the public reported on social media that water was covering Ivory Road and Bedrock Road north of Dellroy. |
| March 2024 | Hail | New Harrisburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hibbetts | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wherrys Crossroads | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bon Air Estates | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Stemple | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Carroll View Terrace | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Wyncrest | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Leyda | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Fritchleys Corners | 3.7 miles | 16 |
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 Harrisburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14716749 | 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 1065103. 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.



























