New Jasper, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Jasper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45385. It stands on North Branch Caesar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedarville quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 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.
- 1917 USGS Xenia quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Xenia quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 714 shownMuseums hold 714 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Jasper between 1873 and 1975: 512 Animalia, 121 Plantae, 79 Fungi, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. H. Bauer, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans | 1922 | William Bayard Taylor; G. H. Conklin | Clifbore[sp?] Gorge |
![]() | Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg. | 1923 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | Clifton Gorge |
![]() | Rhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger | 1873 | Collector unspecified | Clifton |
![]() | Rhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb. | 1873 | not recorded | Clifton |
![]() | Thamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll.Hal.) Nieuwl. | 1875 | H. J. Biddlecome | Clifton |
| Brachythecium laetum (Brid.) Schimp. | 1876 | not recorded | Clifton | |
| Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger | 1876 | Mrs. Spence | ||
![]() | Bryum affine (Blandow ex Funck) Brid. | 1876 | Collector unspecified | Clifton |
![]() | Eurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac. | 1876 | H. J. Biddlecome | Clifton |
![]() | Geocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees | 1876 | not recorded | Clifton |
| Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dumort. | 1876 | H. J. Biddlecome | Clifton | |
| Plagiomnium affine (Blandow ex Funck) T.J.Kop. | 1876 | not recorded | Clifton |
All 714 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Jasper: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarville Limestone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms nearby
8 since 1997The National Weather Service names New Jasper in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 1997 | Tornado (F2) | New Jasper | $50,000 | A brief tornado developed in the apex of a bow echo that moved across the county. A house was blown off its foundation and moved 35 feet away. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Jasper | $10,000 | Numerous trees were reported down in Jasper and other parts of the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Jasper | $3,000 | A tree was downed onto power lines. |
| February 2026 | Flash Flood | New Jasper | $2,000 | Six inches of rain was flowing across New Jasper Station Road. A car was in a ditch with |with 2 feet of water. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Jasper | $2,000 | A tree was downed near Waynesville Jamestown Road and Hoop Road. Another tree was downed along Paintersville New Jasper Road. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | New Jasper | - | Water was reported over Old U.S. 35. |
| April 2025 | Hail | New Jasper | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | New Jasper | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Hills | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Stringtown | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pattersons Corner | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Monroe | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Silver Springs | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jamestown | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Paintersville | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mechanicsville (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065122. 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.
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.





















