Avlon, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Reading Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43107. The Survey maps it on the Bremen quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1992The 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.


Compare 1907 against another survey:
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.
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000
In the 1883 county history
20,608 words on this townshipThe county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Reading Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Reading Township - 20,608 words.
Fires nearby
16 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Avlon between 2012 and 2020, burning about 31 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5126 |
| 16 April 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4367 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12646 |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15487 |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 716 |
| 30 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 810 |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 503 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 219 shownMuseums hold 219 specimens collected within 10 miles of Avlon between 1891 and 1975: 162 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 18 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Black R. J., Buchanan, J. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd. | 1910 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Equisetum arvense L. | 1937 | Sharps, M.E. | Rush Creek Twp. |
![]() | Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | [Specific locality illegible.] |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Puccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle | 1895 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. | 1900 | Williamson, E.B. | New Salem |
![]() | Uromyces junci Tul. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | Junction City |
![]() | Natrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856) | 1902 | Dilto, C. R. | Perry Co., Ohio |
![]() | Puccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr. | |
| Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary | 1903 | Black R. J. | Bremen | |
![]() | Endothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens | 1912 | Nixon E. L. | Perry Co. |
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1915 | G.G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
All 219 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 Avlon: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Creek Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rush Creek Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carthon | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wellan (historical) | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Crossenville | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Junction City | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| New Reading | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Salem | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Clarksville | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Somerset | 6.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064364. 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.























