Redhaw, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44866. It stands on Redhaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Polk quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 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
12 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.
- 1906 USGS West Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS West Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Polk quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Polk quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Polk quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
11 since 2019The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Redhaw between 2019 and 2020, burning about 32 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15242 |
| 19 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15868 |
| 16 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15755 |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15164 |
| 11 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15155 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15153 |
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15154 |
| 19 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 260 shownMuseums hold 260 specimens collected within 10 miles of Redhaw between 1846 and 1973: 239 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Ashcroft, G.B.; O., Berea, Auten, B Zahuranec & party 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Anthoceros crispulus (Mont.) Douin | 1923 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | near Londonville |
| Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleave, 1916 | 1846 | P. Harwood | Ashland | |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1897 | Smith, D. W. | Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Euphorbia maculata L. | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B.; O., Berea | Albion |
![]() | Mentha spicata L. | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Albion |
![]() | Smilax tamnoides L. | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Red Haw |
![]() | Tyto alba pratincola (Bonaparte, 1838) | 1900 | Fuller, W. J. | Sullivan, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1902 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
![]() | Amphiagrion saucium (Burmeister, 1839) | 1916 | not recorded | Sullivan |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1927 | not recorded | |
| Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) | 1927 | Drumm, J. C. | Long Lake, Ashland Co., Ohio | |
| Trionyx spiniferus Lesueur, 1827 | 1927 | Drumm, J. C. | Long Lake, Ashland Co., Ohio |
All 260 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Redhaw: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gindlesperger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gindlesperger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 2013The National Weather Service names Redhaw in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redhaw | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and flattened a barn. Corn in nearby fields was also flattened. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redhaw | $10,000 | A portion of State Route 46 was closed because of multiple trees and power lines blown down near Mineral Ridge. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redhaw | - | A garage door was dislodged and blown into a mobile home at a trailer park about three-miles southwest of West Salem. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061589. 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.
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.




















