Blackband, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43840. It lies in Angel Valley. The Survey maps it on the Stone Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 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.
- 1911 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
In the 1884 county history
2,907 words on this townshipThe county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers erection, boundaries, surface features, products, first settlers, mills, schools and churches.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 2,907 words.
Fires nearby
13 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Blackband between 2005 and 2020, burning about 26 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1087 |
| 21 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15496 |
| 10 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13587 |
| 1 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15432 |
| 28 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16052 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 499 shownMuseums hold 499 specimens collected within 10 miles of Blackband between 1851 and 1973: 416 Animalia, 67 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cibula, A. Cobula, A. Perry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895 | 1894 | G. Marston | Tuscarawas River, New Philadelphia |
![]() | Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896 | 1894 | G. Marston | Tuscarawas River, New Philadelphia |
![]() | Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858 | 1895 | G. Marston | from spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki) |
![]() | Amelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Anemone canadensis L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Cardamine douglassii Britton | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover?] |
![]() | Delphinium tricorne Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Dover |
![]() | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Tuscarawa City |
![]() | Hydrophyllum virginianum L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Silene virginica L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Downs [Canal Dover] |
All 499 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Blackband: 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Head Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Stone Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Stone Creek Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| George Meuhlhooffer Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jessie Simmon Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Walter Harmon Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorktown | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stone Creek | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Joyce | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Old Town | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Odbert (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ragersville | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wainwright | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| South Side | 6.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064443. 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.


























