New Somerset, Ohio
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Knox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43964. It stands on Dry Run. The Survey maps it on the Wellsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
22 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.
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
24 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of New Somerset between 2002 and 2020, burning about 93 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11805 |
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7832 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15619 |
| 2 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4129 |
| 16 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4609 |
| 13 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2530 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 495 shownMuseums hold 495 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Somerset between 1878 and 1974: 361 Animalia, 107 Plantae, 27 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A.W. Cusick, Acker, G. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Catocala epione Drury, 1773 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Catocala residua Grote, 1874 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Anisothecium varium (Hedw.) Mitt. | 1878 | J. D. Smith | Newburgh |
![]() | Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1890 | Dean, G W | Ohio River, Yellow Creek |
![]() | Icterus galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1900 | A. Doolittle | Richmond |
| Mollisia dehnii (Rabenh.) P.Karst. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
| Colletotrichum lagenaria (Pass.) Ellis & Halst. | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Arroyo | |
![]() | Glomerella rufomaculans (Berk.) Spauld. & H.Schrenk | 1904 | Sheldon J. L. | Arroyo |
![]() | Ramularia tulasnei Sacc. | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Arroyo |
| Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav. | 1909 | Vickers, E.W. | along Ohio River opposite Wellsville, OH |
All 495 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Somerset: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Run Plant--Cresent Brick Co | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Iron City Plant and Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Iron City Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dando Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dando Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Irondale Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Irondale Works Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Standard Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Standard Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2014The National Weather Service names New Somerset in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Holt | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sugar Grove | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Hammondsville | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Osage | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Cream City | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Port Homer | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Irondale | 4.0 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062552. 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.






























