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New Salisbury, Ohio

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Yellow Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43968. It stands on Salisbury Run. The Survey maps it on the Wellsville quadrangle.

New Salisbury within Columbiana County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 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 Salisbury, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of New Salisbury, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed 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 near this place

17 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of New Salisbury between 2002 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
12 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15281
23 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 April 2017Arson/incendiarism10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7808
16 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4609
13 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources3707
8 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7426

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 232 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 232 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Salisbury between 1889 and 1970: 202 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Mac Gillivroy, Albert Peyron, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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 Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Polyporus conchifer (Schwein.) Fr.Polyporus conchifer (Schwein.) Fr.1923F.O. GroverOn Campus
A photograph of the species Polistes annularis, not of this specimenPolistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763)1889A. D. Mac GillivroySalineville
A photograph of the species Polistes fuscatus, not of this specimenPolistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793)1889not recordedSalineville
Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840)1891not recorded
Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864)1892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1892not recordedSalineville
Megachile mendica Cresson, 18781892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Polyporus luridus, not of this specimenPolyporus luridus Kalchbr.1895Holden Wm.Spring Grove
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1899not recordedEast Liverpool
Panicum virgatum L.1909Vickers, E.W.near Wellsville, Ohio, WV bank of Ohio River
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link1909Vickers, E.W.WV side of Ohio River across river from Wellsville, Ohio

All 232 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of New Salisbury: 9 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Clarion Fire ClayTitanium, Silica, Iron, AluminumOccurrence1840
Wellsville PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Iron City Plant and PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Iron City Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dando MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Dando MineClayPast Producer
H.K. Porter Brick PlantClayPast Producer
Irondale MineClayProducer
Irondale Works MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Standard Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Columbiana 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
Highlandtown3.0 miles13
Vulcan3.7 miles22
Haysville (historical)4.0 miles13
Wellsville4.7 miles22
East Salineville (historical)4.8 miles13
Hillcrest4.8 miles20
Glasgow5.1 miles20
Salineville5.8 miles13

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 SalisburyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22134043The 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 1063413. 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.