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New Market, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Market Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45133. The Survey maps it on the New Market quadrangle.

New Market within Highland County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The 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 sheet of New Market, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Market, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

5 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of New Market between 2004 and 2020, burning about 136 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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
4 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15598
26 April 2007Debris and open burning10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 February 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15940

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 589 shown

Museums hold 589 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Market between 1895 and 1973: 532 Animalia, 39 Plantae, 18 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14521, A W SHARER, A. Braun 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 Aecidium asterum Schwein.Aecidium asterum Schwein.1895F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Puccinia podophylli Schwein.Puccinia podophylli Schwein.1895F. L. StevensHighland County
Specimen of Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) OrtonPhyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton193914521The Seven Caves, along the Rocky Fork of Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Dizygopleura Ulrich, not of this specimenDizygopleura Ulrich & Bassler, 1923 (fossil)1921Bucher & E. Ulrich.5mi W Of Sinking Spring (Thin Cherty Layer In Lower Part Of Bisher Member)
A photograph of the species Cephalozia curvifolia, not of this specimenCephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort.1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Cololejeunea biddlecomiae, not of this specimenCololejeunea biddlecomiae (Austin ex Pearson) A.Evans1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Conocephalum conicum, not of this specimenConocephalum conicum (L.) Underw.1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Lophocolea heterophylla, not of this specimenLophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort.1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Reboulia hemisphaerica, not of this specimenReboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631926not recorded
A photograph of the species Notropis volucellus, not of this specimenNotropis volucellus volucellus1926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)water unknown, #1 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)water unknown, #4 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a

All 589 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 Market: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highland Stone DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Ruggles Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ruggles Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Highland County

Storms nearby

13 since 2000

The National Weather Service names New Market in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
March 2017Tornado (EF1)New Market$50,000At a location on Sanders Road just west of US Route 62, a barn roof was significantly damaged with roofing material thrown to the east as much as a half mile away. A few trees were downed in this area.||Damage was most significant at a dairy farm on State Route 136, about 1.3 miles south of Millers Chapel Road. A large barn at this property experienced a significant amount of roof damage, including a total loss of the roof on the east side of the structure. Insulation, wood beams, and sheet metal from this roof were scattered across the property and well into a field across State Route 136. A roof was also removed from a dog kennel and a roof was partially removed from another barn at the property. Other outbuildings had minor damage as well and another house sustained minor roofing damage and several broken windows, along with some damage of siding. Trees were snapped or downed at this property, as well as along a tree line further to the west.||Tree damage occurred on Millers Chapel Road near the intersection with Poole Lane. A few other trees were snapped in the field just to the north of Poole Lane, but damage was not observed west of the end point of Poole Lane.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Market$17,000A home along Miller Lane had siding removed along with some roof damage. Also, several large trees were snapped.
May 2012HailNew Market$10,000Hail damage occurred to cars.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Market$10,000Sixteen trees were either uprooted or snapped in Concord and New Market Townships.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Market$5,000Several houses along Miller Lane sustained some minor roof and siding damage. Several trees were also downed.
June 2009Flash FloodNew Market$5,000The Highland county engineer reported rushing water over route 62 had washed away part of the road bed near New Market.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Market$3,000Several trees were blown down.
May 2008FloodNew Market$2,000A few roads were flooded and closed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Market$1,000Two trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds in the vicinity of Prospect Road and Highway 62.
July 2016Flash FloodNew Market-State Route 136 between US Route 62 and Sugartree Ridge was closed due to high water.
April 2020HailNew Market-no account filed
April 2020HailNew Market-no account filed
June 2009HailNew Market-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Highland 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
Sorg (historical)1.9 miles14
Shackleton2.8 miles13
East Danville3.0 miles14
Winkle3.1 miles14
Danville3.7 miles13
Sugar Tree Ridge4.5 miles14
Hoagland4.8 miles13
Folsom4.9 miles14

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 MarketAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24883532The 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 1057869. 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.