Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Alliance, Ohio

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Alliance City. It lies in ZIP code area 44601. The Survey maps it on the Alliance quadrangle. 21,672 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.

Alliance within Stark County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alliance, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Alliance, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 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

1 since 2020

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Alliance 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
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
4 November 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15930

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 76 shown

Museums hold 76 specimens collected within 10 miles of Alliance between 1890 and 1975: 72 Animalia, 2 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Bryan, J. M., Collector(s): William D. Stull 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)	1890	Paul Morris	Alliance, near
Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)	1893	Sterki, Victor	Alliance
Picoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832)	1903	not recorded	New Baltimore
Passerina ciris (Linnaeus, 1758)	1905	F. A. W. Dean	Alliance
Etheostoma variatum Kirtland, 1840	1930	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)	Mahoning River tributary, within north central Concord township, near Limaville, Lexington township
Eupelmidae	1934	VL Wildermuth	Alliance
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.	1937	R. E. Shanks	Atwater, Ohio.
Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)	1938	FE Locke	Little Sandy Creek, Paris Twp., N of Rte. 30
Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)	1941	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Scott	Deer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township
Ameiurus melas melas (Rafinesque, 1820)	1941	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Scott	Deer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township
Campostoma anomalum anomalum	1941	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Scott	Deer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township
Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)	1941	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Scott	Deer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township

All 76 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alliance: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
J & R Pit	Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal	Producer
Alliance Brick Corp. Pit Number 2	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Alliance Brick Corp. Pit Number 2	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Stark County

Storms nearby

38 since 1995

The National Weather Service names Alliance in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$150,000	Thunderstorm winds caused considerable damage in Alliance and adjacent Washington Township. Dozens of trees were downed in these areas. A house just south of Alliance was heavily damaged by a fallen tree. Several barns in Washington Township lost portions of roof and a couple mobile homes were also damaged.
February 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds downed many trees south of Alliance. A large pole building sustained considerable damage and a home nearby was damaged by a fallen tree. Scattered power outages were reported in the area.
May 2012	Hail	Alliance	$50,000	Golf ball sized hail was observed. A few vehicles were damaged.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$30,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power poles. A home was damaged by a fallen tree.
June 1998	Lightning	Alliance	$25,000	Two houses were struck and damaged by lightning.
June 1998	Flash Flood	Alliance	$20,000	Heavy thunderstorm rains of 3 inches in little over an hour caused flooding of roads. A few cars were flooded and a number of basements were flooded.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees, large limbs and power lines.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
June 2002	Hail	Alliance	$10,000	Quarter size hail was observed.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$8,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$5,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$4,000	Several trees were reported down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$4,000	A tree and several large limbs were reported down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$4,000	Several large trees were reported down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$3,000	Trees were downed.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$3,000	Trees were downed. Heavy thunderstorm rains of about two inches produced some flooding of streets and poor drainage areas.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$2,000	A few large limbs were reported down.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$2,000	Trees were downed.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two trees.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds toppled a tree.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Alliance	-	Large tree branches down around the city of Alliance. No impact to power.
May 2018	Hail	Alliance	-	Penny sized hail was observed.
August 2017	Hail	Alliance	-	Penny to nickel sized hail was reported.
May 2014	Hail	Alliance	-	Penny sized hail was observed.
May 2014	Hail	Alliance	-	Penny sized hail was observed.
May 2012	Hail	Alliance	-	Quarter sized hail was observed.
May 2012	Hail	Alliance	-	Quarter sized hail was observed.
May 2012	Hail	Alliance	-	Nickel sized hail was observed.
July 2009	Hail	Alliance	-	Nickel size hail was observed.
April 2004	Hail	Alliance	-	Penny size hail was observed three miles south of Alliance.
August 1998	Flash Flood	Alliance	-	Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of streets.
August 1998	Hail	Alliance	-	Some crops were damaged.
June 2000	Hail	Alliance	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stark 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mount Union	1.0 miles	20
Williamsport	1.4 miles	20
Hillcrest	1.5 miles	20
Bolton	1.8 miles	20
New Guinea (historical)	2.1 miles	20
Beechwood	2.2 miles	18
Shaffers (historical)	2.4 miles	18
Lexington	3.2 miles	20

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 Alliance	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q985230	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 1064313. 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.