Cameron, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43793. It stands on Ackerson Run. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
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.
- 1905 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Moundsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
5 since 2010The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cameron between 2010 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4847 |
| 13 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 905 |
| 17 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15412 |
| 8 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 579 shownMuseums hold 579 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cameron between 1860 and 1975: 555 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 9 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Adler, K. K. & Wood, T. (Tilley) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Taphrina sacchari Jenkins | 1922 | O.L. Inman | Antioch College |
![]() | Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. | 1924 | L.L. Lehman | |
![]() | Marmota monax monax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1929 | Herbert R. Mooney | Woodsfield |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
![]() | Aralia racemosa L. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Astragalus canadensis L. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell | 1879 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
![]() | Cyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852) | 1901 | Sterki, Victor | Clarington |
All 579 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
6 since 1998The National Weather Service names Cameron in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flood | Cameron | $50,000 | A trained spotter reported flooding in Cameron, with the fire department evacuating several residences due to rising water. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Cameron | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported County Road 29 closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed three trees. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Cameron | - | State Road 78 was closed due to flooding. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Cameron | - | Emergency manager reported that both lanes of State Route 78 were flooded. |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Cameron | - | The combination of heavy rain and a debris jam caused Sunfish Creek to rise out of its banks near the town of Cameron. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Round Bottom | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Dwight | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clarington | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Six Point | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Altitude | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Stillhouse Run (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Laings | 5.0 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 Cameron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5026159 | 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 1056757. 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.


























