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Oakfield, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43731. The Survey maps it on the Deavertown quadrangle.

Oakfield within Perry County

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oakfield, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Oakfield, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

In the county-history sources

2,407 words on this township

1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Pleasant Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The streams flow from the northern part of the township, into the Muskingum river, while those of the southern half flow into the Hocking river. The dividing ridge passes just south of Moxahala over the tunnel, and eastward in a zigzag line upon which Oakfield and Porterville are situated.

Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.

Cuurcues. - The oldest church of this township was the Old School Baptist Church, and it appears to have been the pioneer religious society. Although it was the oldest, it seems to have been one of weakness. Being the oldest, it probably was organized about from 1814 to 1820. At first they held services in dwelling houses, but at some date afterward, built a church house where Oakfield now stands, in which they worshiped until some three or four yedrs ago they disbanded. The only persons now living who were members of this church are Mrs. Eliza Hall, Mrs. Juliet Hartzell, and Mrs. Marjory Conaway. The old church house is still standing, in a dilapidated condition, and the cemetery is still kept up.

Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was the second oldest church in this community, and it would likely be correct to say it was a_ pioneer religious body. The class worshiped at different places in the community previous to the building of a church. They once had a church edifice in Oakfield, but more than twenty-two years ago they disbanded, and united with other appointments. There is now none of its former members in this community.

Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Pleasant Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.

Fires near this place

21 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Oakfield between 2013 and 2019, burning about 57 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestTRUCK FIRE
6 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresWayne National ForestCONGO
21 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1021
16 April 2019Other causes1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15170
12 April 2018Arson/incendiarism11 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11230

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 218 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 218 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oakfield between 1890 and 1975: 181 Animalia, 15 Fungi, 15 Plantae, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Coker W. 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 Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) ArthurPucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur1891W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Phaeoceros carolinianus, not of this specimenPhaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.1890W. C. WernerRendville.
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Anthoceros punctatus, not of this specimenAnthoceros punctatus L.1891not recordedRendville
A photograph of the species Ascocoryne cylichnium, not of this specimenAscocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf1891W. A. Kellerman
Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Callicladium haldanianum, not of this specimenCallicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Hypnum jutlandicum, not of this specimenHypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke1891W. C. WernerRendville
Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst.1891W. A. KellermanRendville
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner

All 218 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakfield in 1 storm report between 2022 and 2022: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindOakfield$1,000A few trees were blown down along Congo Road.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Moxahala1.1 miles14
Oconorville (historical)2.3 miles14
Whipstown2.8 miles14
Moores Junction3.0 miles15
Congo3.0 miles14
Rendville3.0 miles14
Sayre3.5 miles15
Claybank (historical)3.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076543. 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.