Sardis, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43946. It stands on Pool Run. The Survey maps it on the Paden City quadrangle. 522 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,192 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSardis fell from 559 to 522 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 | 559 | |
| 2020 | 522 | -37 (-7%) |
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 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 New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Paden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Paden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Paden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Paden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Paden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Moundsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Paden City quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Paden City quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
13 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1993 and 2019, burning about 21 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 burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | ROUTE 180 |
| 31 August 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | NEW MARTINSVILLE |
| 2 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RT. 2 |
| 3 April 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PADEN CITY |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | SLIDER RUN |
| 12 April 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | AMERICAN RIDGE |
| 12 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | SLIDER RUN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 307 shownMuseums hold 307 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sardis between 1860 and 1975: 280 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albert Hazen Wright, Albert Wright, Bartholomew, E.A. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Taphrina sacchari Jenkins | 1922 | O.L. Inman | Antioch College |
![]() | Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. | 1924 | L.L. Lehman | |
![]() | Irpex fuscescens (Schwein.) Schwein. | 1931 | F. O. Grover | S of Oak point, woods |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
![]() | Aralia racemosa L. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Astragalus canadensis L. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph.Wood | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martin[s]ville |
![]() | Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell | 1879 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1897 | Guttenberg, H.G. | New Martinville |
All 307 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sardis: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormet Aluminum Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | 1958 | |
| Crane No. 4 and Wetzel St. Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mcdonough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
5 since 2019The National Weather Service names Sardis in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $10,000 | Trees were blown down on State Route 255. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Sardis | - | The public reported that Narrows Run was causing flooding on State Route 7. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Sardis | - | Local law enforcement reported that State Route 7 was closed due to high water. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Sardis | - | Hailed ranged in diameter from nickel to quarter in size. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Sardis | - | Narrows Run Road was closed due to high water, according to local law enforcement. |
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.
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 Sardis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472330 | 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 1076834. 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.






























