Reform, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43830. The Survey maps it on the Hickman quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 57 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
11 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.
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
18 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Reform between 2011 and 2020, burning about 34 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8807 |
| 27 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9045 |
| 25 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12525 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11607 |
| 18 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3906 |
| 12 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10165 |
| 7 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3345 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7054 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 554 shownMuseums hold 554 specimens collected within 10 miles of Reform between 1893 and 1975: 504 Animalia, 38 Fungi, 12 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ANGEVINE & SEVER, Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Toboso |
![]() | Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1922 | E. B. | Newark |
![]() | Cladonia symphycarpa (Ehrh. ex Schrad.) Fr. | 1894 | Bogue, E.E. | Black Hand |
![]() | Icteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1894 | Mills, W. C. | Mt. Vernon, 1 mi N of, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lysimachia quadriflora Sims | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Smilax herbacea L. | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Parker, J. B. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Piranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1897 | Parker, J. D. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1897 | Williamson, E. G. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1898 | Parker, J. D. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
All 554 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2019The National Weather Service names Reform in 1 storm report between 2019 and 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | $25,000 | Fifty to one hundred trees were downed at a property on Mary Ann Furnace 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilton Crossroads | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Perryton | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rocky Fork | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hickman | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hanover | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Boston | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ben | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rain Rock | 4.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057951. 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.






















