South Denmark, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Denmark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44032. It stands on Peters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dorset quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 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.
- 1905 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Andover quadrangle1:48000
- 1905 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Andover quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dorset quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dorset quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dorset quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dorset quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Dorset quadrangle1:24000
In the 1920 county history
143 words on this townshipThe county history of 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Denmark Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Denmark Township - 143 words.
Fires nearby
2 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of South Denmark between 2020 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
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 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15767 |
| 25 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15702 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 235 shownMuseums hold 235 specimens collected within 10 miles of South Denmark between 1872 and 1975: 202 Animalia, 32 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Fuller, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Currutt, D. A. (Dennis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt. | 1872 | L. B. Tuckerman | |
![]() | Riccia fluitans L. | 1892 | E. E. Bogue | |
![]() | Geranium pusillum L. | 1893 | Goodrich | Ashtabula Co. |
| Araneae | 1901 | G.W. Peckham | ||
![]() | Margarinotus faedatus (J.E.LeConte, 1845) | 1908 | R. Sim | Jefferson |
![]() | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1909 | G.H. Williams | East Arivell |
![]() | Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1909 | J.H. Williams | Ellsville |
![]() | Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal | 1911 | Jennings, O.E. | Ashtabula Gorge below Jefferson |
![]() | Aster divaricatus (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray | 1911 | Jennings, O.E.; Jennings, G.K.; Sim, R.J. | Ashtabula Gorge below Jefferson |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1911 | not recorded | Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH |
![]() | Cicindela duodecimguttata Dejean, 1825 | 1911 | R J. Sim | Jefferson |
| Cyperus bipartitus Torr. | 1911 | Jennings, O.E.; Jennings, G.K.; Sim, R.J. | Ashtabula Gorge, below Jefferson |
All 235 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 South Denmark: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frye Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Frye Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark Center | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dorset | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rowenton | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Steamburg | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Anderson (historical) | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Gould | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Bulah | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563423 | 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 1062574. 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.



























