Summerfield, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43788. It stands on Lexington Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Summerfield quadrangle. 237 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSummerfield fell from 254 to 237 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 | 254 | |
| 2020 | 237 | -17 (-7%) |
Then and now
1909 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 93 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
13 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 Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
21 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Summerfield between 2012 and 2020, burning about 66 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15330 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15254 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15331 |
| 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 |
| 16 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8245 |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10085 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 80 shownMuseums hold 80 specimens collected within 10 miles of Summerfield between 1860 and 1974: 69 Animalia, 7 Plantae, 3 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 |
![]() | Cuclotogaster heterographus (Nitzsch, 1866) | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Goniodes Nitzsch, 1818 | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Haematopinus suis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1916 | P. R. Lowry | |
![]() | Populus tremuloides Michx. | 1922 | Davis, H.A. | Marion |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Carpiodes cyprinus hinei Trautman, 1956 | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Seneca Fork, trib. of Wills Creek, extreme northern Marion Twp. |
![]() | Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Trib. of the Seneca Fork of Wills Creek, northern Marion Twp. |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Seneca Fork Wills Creek, within Marion township, near Batesville, Marion township |
All 80 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Summerfield: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christman Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Christman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Zergers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zergers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
13 since 1997The National Weather Service names Summerfield in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Summerfield | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerfield | $30,000 | Emergency management reported numerous trees down in the Summerfield area. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Summerfield | $30,000 | Emergency management reported State Route 146 closed in sections by flash flooding in the Summerfield area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerfield | $5,000 | Emergency Management reported numerous trees down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerfield | $5,000 | Law enforement reports of large trees down in Summerfield. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerfield | $3,000 | Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerfield | $1,000 | Local law enforcement reported trees down on Route 513. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Summerfield | - | State Route 513 southbound was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Summerfield | - | Roads closed due to flooding included all of State Route 564, State Route 145 from Washington County to Stafford, State Route 724, and State Route 146 near Summerfield. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Summerfield | - | and 1 tree down. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Summerfield | - | In eastern Noble Co, Routes 513 (near Summerfield), 724 (near Carlisle), and 564 (near Harriettsville flooded. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Summerfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Summerfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamtown | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Whigville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Carlisle | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| East Union | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fredericksdale | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Ephraim | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mud Run | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Cliffyville (historical) | 6.3 miles | 14 |
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 Summerfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q547737 | 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 1076998. 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.
























