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

Oak Hill, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45656. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle. 1,407 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.

Oak Hill within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Oak Hill fell from 1,551 to 1,407 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,551
20201,407-144 (-9%)

Then and now

1912 to 1981

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 Oak Hill, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Oak Hill, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

51 since 1994

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 221 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
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
13 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestSTATE RT 140 #1 FIRE
24 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Naturalunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8586
7 May 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 May 2019Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15197
1 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.9 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 483 shown

Museums hold 483 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oak Hill between 1899 and 1974: 196 Animalia, 178 Plantae, 104 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Bartley, F., Beach, S. (Sam) 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 Metzgeria furcata (L.) CordaMetzgeria furcata (L.) Corda1925Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorWhite's Gulch
Specimen of Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De ToniCyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni1936Cooke, William BridgeDark Hollow
Specimen of Daedalea ambigua Berk.Daedalea ambigua Berk.1936Cooke, William BridgeDark Hollow
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 17581899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Rorippa Scop., not of this specimenRorippa Scop.1905F. Bartley3 mi south of Jackson
A photograph of the species Eriophyes laevis, not of this specimenEriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889)1923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A.
unnamed1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Bazzania trilobata, not of this specimenBazzania trilobata (L.) Gray1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Calypogeia trichomanis, not of this specimenCalypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Cephalozia bicuspidata, not of this specimenCephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Cephalozia curvifolia, not of this specimenCephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
Cephalozia media Lindb.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch

All 483 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
A.P. Green Refractories Co. PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Cedar Heights Clay PitsClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Cedar Heights Clay PitsClayProducer
Davis Brick Plant #2Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Oak Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Oak Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Zoar Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Zoar Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms nearby

26 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$200,000Barns and shell storage buildings with corrugated metal roofing were damaged. One side of a slanted roof to a cinder block building was blown off. The damage was east of Oak Hill, along Moriah Road and Route 279. Power poles were also brought down by fallen trees.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$150,000Numerous locations in Jefferson Township had uprooted trees or the tops of the trees snapped off. Funneling of the wind through the valleys exposed to the northwest, or across nearby open areas, enhanced the wind. From the damage surveyed, gusts were estimated between 60 and 70 mph by the National Weather Service survey team. One concentration of tree damage was near the intersection of Four Mile Road and Dark Hollow Road. Another area of tree damage was along Dan Davis Road near Hewitt Run. At one resident's home along Dan Davis Road, fallen trees damaged their pickup truck and car. Along Franklin Valley Road, a resident's flag pole was bent by the wind, while a flag was flying. At least one home along Jackson Lake State Reserve was damaged by fallen trees.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$75,000A barn and outbuildings were damaged. A nearby roof to a home was damaged.
May 2010FloodOak Hill$75,000Numerous roads were flooded by overflowing streams. Some evacuations occurred in the headwater area of Symmes Creek in the Oak Hill vicinity.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$35,000A barn was destroyed along Moriah Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$25,000Several trees were blown over or snapped. A horse trailer was flipped over. A barn was damaged. Winds gusts of around 75 mph were estimated.
May 2011HailOak Hill$20,000no account filed
May 2011HailOak Hill$20,000no account filed
May 2011HailOak Hill$15,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$10,000A roof was torn off a barn along Plum Road, east of Rempel.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$10,000The sheriff reported trees and power lines were knocked down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$5,000A large tree near the town of Oak Hill was blown down onto a truck.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$5,000Trees were blown down around Oak Hill.
April 2011FloodOak Hill$5,000Symmes Creek and its feeder runs overflowed onto roads.
June 1998Flash FloodOak Hill$5,000Route 279 was blocked by overflowing streams.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$3,000no account filed
October 2010Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$2,000Trees and large branches were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$1,000Trees were blown down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$1,000Large tree branches were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-Trees were blown down along Route 279 and Pattonville Road.
May 2011HailOak Hill-no account filed
April 2010HailOak Hill-no account filed
May 2004HailOak Hill-no account filed
May 2001HailOak Hill-no account filed
June 1998HailOak Hill-no account filed
June 1998HailOak Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Hitchcock0.7 miles10
McKitterick (historical)2.0 miles10
Horeb2.1 miles10
Kitchen2.3 miles11
Blackfork Junction2.7 miles11
Clay2.9 miles10
Pyro3.0 miles10
Banner3.4 miles10

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 Oak HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2672467The 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 1080995. 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.