Calla, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44406. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The 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 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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 Lisbon quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
3 since 2019The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Calla between 2019 and 2020, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15149 |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15463 |
| 10 November 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15333 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 469 shownMuseums hold 469 specimens collected within 10 miles of Calla between 1853 and 1974: 282 Animalia, 165 Plantae, 21 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, Anderson, B., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Adiantum pedatum L. | 1887 | ? | Dense woods, Salem. |
![]() | Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato | 1887 | Wilkinson, E. | Salem |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1853 | not recorded | Poland, Yellow Creek |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | C. Kirtland | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
All 469 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Calla: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms nearby
1 since 2021The National Weather Service names Calla in 1 storm report between 2021 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calla | - | Two trees down along Briarwood Court in Canfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquis | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Toots Corners | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Locust Grove | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Dublin | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Greenford | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Knaufville | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Boyer | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| New Buffalo | 3.3 miles | 17 |
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 Calla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133610 | 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 1038621. 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.



























