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Tarlton, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Saltcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43156. The Survey maps it on the Stoutsville quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.

Tarlton within Pickaway County

Population over time

2 figures

Tarlton fell from 282 to 254 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.

YearPeople Change
2010282
2020254-28 (-10%)

Then and now

1914 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tarlton, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Tarlton, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

16 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Tarlton between 2006 and 2019, burning about 11 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 burning12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15352
31 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15339
14 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15353
29 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15341
20 July 2019Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15342
6 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15343
25 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15344
18 April 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15355

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickaway County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 689 shown

Museums hold 689 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tarlton between 1845 and 1975: 459 Animalia, 142 Fungi, 86 Plantae, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W.; Bartley, F., Andy White., Arden R. Gaufin 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Aecidium galii Pers.Aecidium galii Pers.1883Kellerman, W.A.Amanda
Specimen of Caeoma cimicifugatum Schwein.Caeoma cimicifugatum Schwein.1883W. A. KellermanAmanda
Specimen of Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst.Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst.1892W.A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Symphyotrichum dumosum, not of this specimenSymphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L.Nesom1845L. L. Pontius3 mi E of Kingston.
A photograph of the species Bartramia pomiformis, not of this specimenBartramia pomiformis F.Weber & D.Mohr1880W. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Empidonax virescens, not of this specimenEmpidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)1880Jones, H. (Howard)Niles Woods, near Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio
Anomodon rostratus (Hedw.) Schimp.1882W. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1882W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Atrichum undulatum, not of this specimenAtrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1882W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Auricularia auricula, not of this specimenAuricularia auricula (L.) Underw.1882W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Bisporella pallescens, not of this specimenBisporella pallescens (Pers.) S.E.Carp. & Korf1882W. A. KellermanAmanda.
A photograph of the species Dicranum scoparium, not of this specimenDicranum scoparium Hedw.1882W. KellermanAmanda

All 689 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

16 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Tarlton in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Tornado (EF1)Tarlton$30,000The tornado touched down in southwest Fairfield County near Dozer and Valentine Roads at 1656 EST. The tornado crossed into Pickaway County a half mile east of Valentine Road on Tarlton Road at 1659 EST. The tornado continued in Pickaway County until 1701 EST. The tornado lifted while near Tarlton. The tornado was on the ground for 1.76 miles in Fairfield County and on the ground for 1.09 miles in Pickaway County. The total path length of this tornado was 2.85 miles. The average path width was 200 yards. While in Fairfield County, two empty grain silo were picked up and tossed about 100 yards near Dozer and Valentine Roads. Some of the mechanical parts within the silo were ripped up from the foundation and tossed 15 yards from the silos. Further to the east, on the Fairfield County side of Tarlton Road, more significant damage occurred. Numerous trees were snapped and a few trees were uprooted in this area. A tree branch impaled the side of a home and was driven through the siding. Roof and siding damage also occurred at this location. At a neighboring property, up to twenty percent of the roof was lifted and windows had been blown out. There was also damage to the siding at this location as well. Further east along the south side of Tarlton Road in Pickaway County, additional structural and tree damage occurred. A parked tractor trailer was pushed over due to the tornado. A neighboring home suffered significant roof damage in which the roof became detached from the structure. An awning had been torn off the detached garage at this location and the entire garage structure was leaning slightly. Additionally, tree damage occurred further east along Tarlton Road. Property damage estimates in Fairfield County are around sixty-thousand dollars with crop damage estimated around two-thousand dollars. Property damage estimates in Pickaway County are around thirty-thousand dollars with crop damage estimated around two-thousand dollars.
July 2025Flash FloodTarlton$20,000A portion of Winchester Southern Road was washed out.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindTarlton$8,000Several trees and power lines were downed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTarlton$5,000A few trees were reported down and some siding was torn off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindTarlton$2,000A few trees were downed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindTarlton$2,000Powerlines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2007HailTarlton$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTarlton$1,000A tree was downed on Julian Road.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindTarlton$1,000Large tree limbs were reported down over a roadway due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Tarlton$1,000A tornado briefly touched down along State Route 159.
July 2025FloodTarlton-Tarlton Adelphi Road was closed due to high standing water.
May 2022Flash FloodTarlton-Spangler Road was closed due to water rushing over the roadway.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTarlton-Several large branches were downed.
April 2012HailTarlton-no account filed
May 2011HailTarlton-no account filed
June 1994HailTarlton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pickaway County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Huntsville1.2 miles12
Stringtown3.6 miles12
Leistville3.8 miles12
Whisler5.3 miles12
Thacher5.8 miles13
Washington Meadows6.2 miles13
Meade6.4 miles13
Circle Hills7.3 miles13

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 TarltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2673164The 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 1061673. 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.