Calais, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Seneca Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43773. It stands on Paynes Fork. The Survey maps it on the Summerfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1909 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.
- 1909 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
11 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Calais between 2012 and 2020, burning about 24 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15330 |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 659 |
| 24 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 46 shownMuseums hold 46 specimens collected within 10 miles of Calais between 1860 and 1970: 46 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by DAVID M SEVER, DAVID M. SEVER, Dennis, D. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1860 | unknown | state route 77, 2 m ENE of Summerfield along Sunfish Creek |
![]() | Colinus virginianus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1935 | Hicks,L.E. | Jerusalem |
![]() | Sympiesis viridula (Thomson, 1878) | 1938 | W.G. Bradley | |
![]() | Boleosoma nigrum nigrum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 1854 | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Plethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 1938 | 1961 | Dennis, D. M. | near shale outcrop in pastureland along St. Rt. 145, 3 mi. SSW Miltonsburg, Monroe Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1970 | DAVID M. SEVER | 5 MI N LEWISVILLE AT STREAM OF RT. 145 / SUMMIT TWP |
All 46 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
4 since 1998The National Weather Service names Calais in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 4 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Calais | $20,000 | The 911 Call Center reported Route 379 closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Calais | $15,000 | The 911 Call Center reported State Route 513 closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Calais | $5,000 | Widespread flooding in both towns. Parts of State Route 26S flooded near Graysville. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Calais | - | Thunderstorm rains produced flooding from Wills Creek onto SR 379 in Calais. Other roads in town were flooded as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herlan | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Doherty | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brister | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Monroefield | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Burkhart | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Miltonsburg | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Swazey | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hamilton | 6.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075505. 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.
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.
























