Oakwood, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43723. It stands on Chapman Run. The Survey maps it on the Byesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 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
14 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 Cumberland quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Byesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Byesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Byesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Byesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Byesville quadrangle1:24000
In the 1911 county history
1,969 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 Jackson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 1,969 words.
Fires nearby
36 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 2011 and 2020, burning about 56 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8805 |
| 21 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5205 |
| 12 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5165 |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15665 |
| 22 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15659 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 356 shownMuseums hold 356 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oakwood between 1875 and 1975: 134 Fungi, 131 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Adams, W. (William), Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. 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 |
![]() | Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann, 1821 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | 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 356 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Vanadium, Zirconium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Plant | Vanadium, Zirconium, Iron | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| Jackson Special | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ideal | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Byesville | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lucasburg | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fairmont | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Georgetown | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| East Cambridge | 2.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054703. 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.
























