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Achor, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Middleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44441. It lies in Swamp Hollow. The Survey maps it on the East Palestine quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.

Achor within Columbiana County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Achor, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Achor, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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.

In the county-history sources

19,600 words on this township

History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Middleton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

In 1808, Archibald Scott and William Hamilton established a tannery at Achor, which, in 1812, became the property of Richard F. Randolph, who increased the capacity, adding fifteen vats to the four already there. This tannery has since been carried on by the Randolph family, the present proprietor being Jonathan F. Randolph.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

Formerly there were many distilleries in Middleton, whose capacity, however, was not very great, seldom exceeding three bushels per day. The first was put in operation at Achor, about 1808, by Levi Rogers, and at later periods, among the distillers, were George Brown, Job Rossell, George Grate, John Grate, Levi Guy, Edward Crawford, William Craige, aud Peter Myers.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Middleton Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Fires near this place

18 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Achor between 2010 and 2019, burning about 25 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
4 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1181
6 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2010Debris and open burning10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4653
18 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 597 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 597 specimens collected within 10 miles of Achor between 1882 and 1975: 297 Plantae, 284 Animalia, 16 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Athearn, Herbert D. 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 Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
Specimen of Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) MurrillIrpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill1917OverholtsW. Elkton
A photograph of the species Solanum dulcamara, not of this specimenSolanum dulcamara L.1882Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Equisetum hyemale, not of this specimenEquisetum hyemale subsp. affine (A.Braun & Engelm.) A.A.Eaton1883Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Levisticum officinale, not of this specimenLevisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch1883Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
A photograph of the species Armoracia rusticana, not of this specimenArmoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1884Shafer, J.A.Wm. Hills place near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Botrychium dissectum, not of this specimenBotrychium dissectum Spreng.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Chelone glabra, not of this specimenChelone glabra L.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Clematis virginiana, not of this specimenClematis virginiana L.1884Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
A photograph of the species Cornus florida, not of this specimenCornus florida L.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg

All 597 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Achor: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Bituminous. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Negley Refractories PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Negley Refractories PitClay, BituminousPast Producer
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana 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
Negley1.1 miles17
Union Ridge1.8 miles17
Mill Rock3.1 miles17
Jimtown3.2 miles17
Wheat Hill Estates3.6 miles17
East Carmel3.8 miles17
East Palestine4.1 miles17
Fredericktown4.2 miles22

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 AchorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133466The 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 1064293. 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.