Arkoe, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sunfish Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45661. It lies in Goat Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Latham quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
15 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.
- 1915 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Latham quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Latham quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Latham quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Latham quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
45 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Arkoe between 2003 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15227 |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1343 |
| 6 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1342 |
| 6 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15624 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,083 shownMuseums hold 1,083 specimens collected within 10 miles of Arkoe between 1896 and 1975: 879 Animalia, 137 Fungi, 62 Plantae, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. Braun, A. Cronquist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium compositarum Rabenh. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Columbus |
![]() | Ceriporia spissa (Schwein. ex Fr.) Rajchenb. | 1937 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rock Run |
![]() | Coprinellus micaceus (Bull.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq.Johnson | 1937 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rock Run |
![]() | Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Pike, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Spizella pusilla (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Pike, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert, 1783) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Pike, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | Dalyville, Pike, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Pike, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Waverly, Pike, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Piketon, Pike, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Fulica americana americana Gmelin, 1789 | 1899 | not recorded | Scioto River, Pike, Ohio, USA |
| Icteria Vieillot, 1808 | 1899 | not recorded | Dalyville, Pike, Ohio, USA |
All 1,083 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 Arkoe: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rogers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Latham | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Poplar Grove | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hatch | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Kincaid Springs | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Byington | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Ladd | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Fork | 5.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062633. 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.

























