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.
Then and now
1911 to 2002The 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.


Compare 1911 against another survey:
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.
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Deavertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Deavertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Deavertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Deavertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Deavertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Deavertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Deavertown quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,407 words on this township1883 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 2013Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | TRUCK FIRE |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Wayne National Forest | CONGO |
| 21 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1021 |
| 16 April 2019 | Other causes | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15170 |
| 12 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11230 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 218 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Rendville. |
![]() | Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Anthoceros punctatus L. | 1891 | not recorded | Rendville |
![]() | Ascocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | |
| Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin | 1891 | W. C. Werner | ||
![]() | Callicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Gottsche | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | [Specific locality illegible.] |
![]() | Hypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
| Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst. | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | Rendville | |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner |
All 218 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down along Congo Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moxahala | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Oconorville (historical) | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Whipstown | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Moores Junction | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Congo | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rendville | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sayre | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Claybank (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 |
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.
























