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Pierpont, Ohio
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pierpont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44082. It stands on East Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pierpont quadrangle. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
20 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.
- 1905 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Andover quadrangle1:48000
- 1905 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Leon quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
2 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pierpont between 2020 and 2020, burning about 1 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 | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15835 |
| 21 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15999 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 108 shownMuseums hold 108 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pierpont between 1872 and 1974: 98 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Dittrick, J J, E. E. Bogue, F. Bartley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt. | 1872 | L. B. Tuckerman | |
 | Riccia fluitans L. | 1892 | E. E. Bogue | |
 | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1909 | G.H. Williams | East Arivell |
 | Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1909 | J.H. Williams | Ellsville |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shenango River, within Andover township, near Andover, Andover township |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | West Branch Ashtabula River, near Richmond Center, ~4.5 mi S of Pierpont, Richmond township |
 | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shenango River, within Andover township, near Andover, Andover township |
 | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shenango River, within Andover township, near Andover, Andover township |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shenango River, within Andover township, near Andover, Andover township |
 | Hybopsis biguttatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shenango River, within Andover township, near Andover, Andover township |
 | Ictalurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shenango River, within Andover township, near Andover, Andover township |
 | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Shenango River, within Andover township, near Andover, Andover township |
All 108 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
20 since 1996The National Weather Service names Pierpont in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Pierpont | $200,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down west of Pierpont near the intersection of Lewis Road and State Route 167. The tornado continued east along State Route 167 for just over a mile before lifting just west of the center of Pierpont. Ten homes and buildings along the damage path sustained damage, mainly from lost roofing or siding. Many trees were also downed. Straight line winds may have contributed to the damage path which was no more than 100 yards in width. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Pierpont | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported three miles southeast of Pierpont. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Pierpont | $25,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported. A few vehicles were damaged. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierpont | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. The tree landed on a house and caused some damage. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Pierpont | $10,000 | Dime size hail covered the ground one mile east of Pierpont. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Pierpont | $10,000 | Quarter size hail was observed. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierpont | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierpont | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and one large limb. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Pierpont | $2,000 | Dime size hail was observed four miles north of Pierpont. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierpont | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierpont | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds toppled a tree onto State Route 7 north of Pierpont. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Pierpont | $1,000 | A member of the public reported penny size hail. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierpont | - | Several trees downed in Pierpont. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Pierpont | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Pierpont | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Pierpont | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Pierpont | - | Nickel size hail was observed. |
| May 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Pierpont | - | Trained spotters observed a funnel cloud near State Route 7. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Pierpont | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Pierpont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Richmond | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Gould | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Shipp | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Anderson (historical) | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Steamburg | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Riggs | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Richmond Center | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Denmark Center | 5.3 miles | 12 |
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 Pierpont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7191940 | 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 1061539. 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.