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.
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
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.
- 1917 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
5 since 2004The 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15598 |
| 26 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15940 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 589 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium asterum Schwein. | 1895 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Puccinia podophylli Schwein. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Highland County |
![]() | Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton | 1939 | 14521 | The Seven Caves, along the Rocky Fork of Paint Creek |
![]() | Dizygopleura Ulrich & Bassler, 1923 (fossil) | 1921 | Bucher & E. Ulrich | .5mi W Of Sinking Spring (Thin Cherty Layer In Lower Part Of Bisher Member) |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Cololejeunea biddlecomiae (Austin ex Pearson) A.Evans | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1926 | not recorded | |
![]() | Notropis volucellus volucellus | 1926 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | water unknown, #1 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1926 | Wickliff, 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 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Stone Division | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Ruggles Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ruggles Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
13 since 2000The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | New Market | $50,000 | At 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Market | $17,000 | A home along Miller Lane had siding removed along with some roof damage. Also, several large trees were snapped. |
| May 2012 | Hail | New Market | $10,000 | Hail damage occurred to cars. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Market | $10,000 | Sixteen trees were either uprooted or snapped in Concord and New Market Townships. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Market | $5,000 | Several houses along Miller Lane sustained some minor roof and siding damage. Several trees were also downed. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | New Market | $5,000 | The Highland county engineer reported rushing water over route 62 had washed away part of the road bed near New Market. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Market | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Flood | New Market | $2,000 | A few roads were flooded and closed. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Market | $1,000 | Two trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds in the vicinity of Prospect Road and Highway 62. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | New Market | - | State Route 136 between US Route 62 and Sugartree Ridge was closed due to high water. |
| April 2020 | Hail | New Market | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | New Market | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | New Market | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorg (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Shackleton | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| East Danville | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Winkle | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Danville | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sugar Tree Ridge | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hoagland | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Folsom | 4.9 miles | 14 |
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 Market | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24883532 | 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 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.
























