New Salem, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Buckskin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45123. The Survey maps it on the South Salem quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 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
7 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of New Salem (historical) between 2007 and 2020, burning about 48 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4949 |
| 22 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15941 |
| 10 November 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 707 shownMuseums hold 707 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Salem (historical) between 1910 and 1975: 438 Animalia, 228 Fungi, 33 Plantae, 8 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lecidea coarctata (Turner) Nyl. | 1914 | Bruce Fink | Bainbridge |
![]() | Clavaria striata Pers. | 1930 | Cooke, William Bridge | Jones Hill |
![]() | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | "Caves" Paint Creek |
![]() | Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cinna arundinacea L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Panel Creek |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Careo, Paint Creek |
![]() | Diarrhena americana P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Point Creek |
![]() | Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Caves Paint Cr., E Highland Co |
![]() | Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek, in Paint Creek Gorge |
All 707 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 Salem (historical): 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Greenfield Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrifton | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fruitdale | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| South Salem | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lyndon | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Humboldt | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Thornton (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harper | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lattaville | 8.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067086. 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.
























