Salt Run, Ohio
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Wells Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43938. It stands on Salt Run. The Survey maps it on the Tiltonsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
27 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.
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
35 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Salt Run between 1992 and 2018, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BETHANY PIKE/GREENS RUN RD. |
| 1 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TOP OF HUKILLS RUN |
| 2 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | GREEN'S RUN |
| 10 May 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BEECH BOTTOM |
| 30 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BEED BOTTOM |
| 3 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | 49 HILL ROAD |
| 19 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WINDSOR HEIGHTS |
| 19 April 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CROSS CREEK RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 408 shownMuseums hold 408 specimens collected within 10 miles of Salt Run between 1836 and 1974: 194 Animalia, 173 Plantae, 40 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allison W. Cusick, Arden R. Gaufin, BANKS, C S 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Vitis aestivalis Michx. | 1836 | Jewett | |
![]() | Polygonum erectum L. | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio |
![]() | Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Betula lenta L. | 1877 | Wertz, H.W. | Buffalo Creek near Wheeling |
![]() | Carex hirsutella Mack. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Elymus hystrix L. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1877 | Guttenberg, H.G. | Wellsburg |
![]() | Galium circaezans Michx. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | near Steubenville |
![]() | Hypericum mutilum L. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
All 408 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Salt Run: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Brilliant, Ohio | Zirconium | Producer | ||
| Dredge No. 16 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fairfax Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2010The National Weather Service names Salt Run in 1 storm report between 2010 and 2010: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salt Run | $35,000 | Law enforcement reported large branches and power lines down west of Brilliant. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stringer | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Rush Run | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Brilliant | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| New Alexandria | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Hopewell | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Warrenton | 4.0 miles | 27 | |
| Georges Run | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Fells (historical) | 4.1 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062999. 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.






































