North Salem, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43749. The Survey maps it on the Kimbolton quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 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
15 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.
- 1909 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Cambridge 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
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Kimbolton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Kimbolton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Kimbolton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Kimbolton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Kimbolton quadrangle1:24000
In the 1911 county history
388 words on this townshipThe county history of 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Liberty Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 388 words.
Fires nearby
9 since 2013The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of North Salem between 2013 and 2020, burning about 8 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8107 |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14408 |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14411 |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14407 |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14409 |
| 23 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15415 |
| 18 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15967 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 272 shownMuseums hold 272 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Salem between 1875 and 1975: 135 Fungi, 82 Animalia, 51 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W. (William), Adams, W.; Adams, S., Adams, William; Adams, Sue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Synechoblastus rupestris (F.Desp.) Trevis. | 1902 | F.O. Grover | Black Swamp |
![]() | Fomes fraxinophilus (Peck) Sacc. | 1922 | F. O. Grover | Black swamp |
![]() | Clavaria kunzei Fr. | 1923 | Treat, Dorothy | Birmingham |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa L. | 1875 | s.c. | Fairmont |
![]() | Enslenia albida Nutt. | 1875 | s.c. | Fairmont |
![]() | Impatiens pallida Nutt. | 1875 | Lloyd, Curtis Gates | Fairmont |
![]() | Stereum spadiceum (Pers.) Quél. | 1893 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
| Favolus europaeus Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill | |
![]() | Lenzites trabeus (Pers.) Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Pleurotus nidulans (Pers.) P.Kumm. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Polystictus versicolor (L.) Fr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
![]() | Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1895 | Holden Wm. | College Hill |
All 272 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
4 since 2000The National Weather Service names North Salem in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Salem | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees onto Old Twenty One Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Salem | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree blocking old Route 21 at Freedom Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Salem | - | State official reported one tree down. |
| June 2006 | Hail | North Salem | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbolton | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Tyner | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Guernsey | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Odell | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Clio (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Brady | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Northgate | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Toledoville (historical) | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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 North Salem | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22134056 | 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 1065176. 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.
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.

























