Sarahsville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43779. It stands on South Fork Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sarahsville quadrangle. 147 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSarahsville fell from 166 to 147 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 166 | |
| 2020 | 147 | -19 (-11%) |
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 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.
- 1909 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sarahsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Sarahsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Sarahsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
18 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Sarahsville between 2009 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15250 |
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15266 |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15251 |
| 16 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15812 |
| 26 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15792 |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8425 |
| 28 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4965 |
| 18 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4426 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 106 shownMuseums hold 106 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sarahsville between 1860 and 1975: 82 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann, 1821 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1860 | unknown | state route 77, 2 m ENE of Summerfield along Sunfish Creek |
![]() | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1902 | Lloyd C. G. | Glenwood |
![]() | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1912 | E. Bartholomew | Caldwell |
| Apidae | 1916 | not recorded | ||
![]() | Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Cuclotogaster heterographus (Nitzsch, 1866) | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Goniodes Nitzsch, 1818 | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Haematopinus suis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Melissodes bimaculatus (Lepeletier, 1825) | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Populus tremuloides Michx. | 1922 | Davis, H.A. | Marion |
All 106 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
23 since 1997The National Weather Service names Sarahsville in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 5 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Sarahsville | $50,000 | Emergency management reported sections of State Routes 146 and 147 near Sarahsville closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Sarahsville | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported that Route 285 was flooded in one lane and temporarily closed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | $5,000 | Tree were reported to be blown down along Route 285 south of Sarahsville. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | $5,000 | State official reported trees down along State Route 215, 285, and 147. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | $5,000 | Emergency management reported numerous trees down. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Sarahsville | $5,000 | The public reported road flooding in Sarahsville. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Sarahsville | $5,000 | Law enforcemetn reported SR 147 flooded near the Shenandoah High School. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | $3,000 | A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | $2,000 | Local highway department reported some trees down around Sarahsville. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | $1,000 | Several trees down. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Sarahsville | - | State Route 146 closed due to flooding. State Route 513 also impacted. |
| September 2021 | Heavy Rain | Sarahsville | - | A storm total rainfall of 3.60 inches was reported. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | - | Local police reported a large tree limbs down on West Tunnel Road. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Sarahsville | - | Department of Highways reported flooding along State Route 146 in both direction between the junction of 147 and Summerfield. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Sarahsville | - | A Mesonet recorded 4.53 inches over a 72 hour period. |
| November 2017 | Flood | Sarahsville | - | County official reported flooding at the intersection of Routes 146 and 147 near Shenandoah High School. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Sarahsville | - | Emergency management reported that several roads were flooded and closed throughout the county due to heavy rainfall and snowmelt. These roadways include: the intersection of State Route 260 and 724, State Route 821 about a quarter mile south of Dexter City, the intersection of 147 and 146 near Shenandoah School, and the intersection of State Route 564 and 145. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarahsville | - | Large trees down along Rt. 146 and Rt. 285. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Sarahsville | - | Road flooded. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Sarahsville | - | Portions of State Rtes 147, 513, and 566 closed by flooding; as well as CR 24. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Sarahsville | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Sarahsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vorhies (historical) | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Center (historical) | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fredericksdale | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rochester | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Duvall | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Ephraim | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| East Union | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Slaters | 4.8 miles | 13 |
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 Sarahsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q302866 | 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 1065288. 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.






















