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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

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.

New Salem within Ross 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 Salem (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Salem (historical), 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

7 since 2007

The 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2016Other causes5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4949
22 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 November 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15941
10 November 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 November 2012Recreation and ceremony18 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 October 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ross County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 707 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Lecidea coarctata (Turner) Nyl.Lecidea coarctata (Turner) Nyl.1914Bruce FinkBainbridge
Specimen of Clavaria striata Pers.Clavaria striata Pers.1930Cooke, William BridgeJones Hill
A photograph of the species Andropogon gerardi, not of this specimenAndropogon gerardi Vitman1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Asplenium rhizophyllum, not of this specimenAsplenium rhizophyllum L.1910Hopkins, L.S."Caves" Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Brachyelytrum erectum, not of this specimenBrachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Cardamine pensylvanica, not of this specimenCardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Cinna arundinacea, not of this specimenCinna arundinacea L.1910Hopkins, L.S.Panel Creek
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1910Hopkins, L.S.Careo, Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Diarrhena americana, not of this specimenDiarrhena americana P.Beauv.1910Hopkins, L.S.Point Creek
A photograph of the species Digitaria sanguinalis, not of this specimenDigitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Diplazium pycnocarpon, not of this specimenDiplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun1910Hopkins, L.S.Caves Paint Cr., E Highland Co
A photograph of the species Dryopteris marginalis, not of this specimenDryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray1910Hopkins, 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 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Greenfield Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Ross 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
Thrifton1.1 miles13
Fruitdale2.1 miles13
South Salem2.8 miles13
Lyndon3.0 miles13
Humboldt4.2 miles13
Thornton (historical)4.7 miles12
Harper5.7 miles13
Lattaville8.2 miles11

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.