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Redfield, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Clayton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43764. The Survey maps it on the Fultonham quadrangle.

Redfield within Perry County

Then and now

1910 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Redfield, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Redfield, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 1883 county history

5,721 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Clayton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Clayton Township - 5,721 words.

Fires nearby

35 since 2013

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Redfield between 2013 and 2019, burning about 132 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
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
8 May 2015Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1346
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8146
24 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4586
20 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4665
2 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 184 shown

Museums hold 184 specimens collected within 10 miles of Redfield between 1891 and 1975: 157 Animalia, 17 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Buker, W.E. 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 Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
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 Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. WernerFultonham
A photograph of the species Puccinia schedonnardi, not of this specimenPuccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle1895W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Uromyces junci, not of this specimenUromyces junci Tul.1901W. A. KellermanJunction City
A photograph of the species Natrix kirtlandii, not of this specimenNatrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)1902Dilto, C. R.Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Puccinia muhlenbergiae, not of this specimenPuccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw.1902W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr.
A photograph of the species Endothia fluens, not of this specimenEndothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens1912Nixon E. L.Perry Co.
A photograph of the species Telmatodytes palustris, not of this specimenTelmatodytes palustris (A.Wilson, 1810)1926Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.)Honey Creek, Buckeye Lake, Perry, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821927Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Potersville: in edge of Co., Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Buckeye Lake, Perry, Ohio, USA

All 184 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Redfield: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Chesterhill Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Chesterhill Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cannon Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon Clay MineClayPast Producer
Crooksville PitClayProducer
Hammer Number 2 Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Jonathan MineClayProducer

Every working 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
Clover Hill0.8 miles12
Saltillo1.1 miles12
Wesley2.7 miles12
Rehoboth3.4 miles14
Lyonsdale (historical)4.2 miles14
Crooksville4.3 miles13
Wilbren4.4 miles14
Horne (historical)4.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049115. 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.