Candy Town, Ohio
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45764. The Survey maps it on the Nelsonville quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 99 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
21 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.
- 1903 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
153 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Candy Town between 1993 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TRAIL HEAD 5 FIRE |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | LABOR FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PINE FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | HIDEWAY FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BOX FIRE |
| 3 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 180 |
| 26 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | SNAKE HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 284 shownMuseums hold 284 specimens collected within 10 miles of Candy Town between 1894 and 1975: 256 Animalia, 16 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 4 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Brodo, Irwin M., Campbell, L. W. (Louis W.), Carter, B. (Bruce) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stamnaria americana Massee & Morgan | 1894 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio |
![]() | Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) | 1935 | Goslin, R. M. (Robert M.) | Ward Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio |
![]() | Asplenium montanum Willd. | 1935 | Wood, R. | Conkle's Hollow State Park |
![]() | Pterostichus moestus (Say, 1823) | 1935 | Stehr, W.C. | Carbondale |
![]() | Dasyscyphus ellisianus (Rehm) Sacc. | 1936 | Hansbrough J. R. | Carbondale |
![]() | Rana sylvatica LeConte, 1825 | 1948 | H WALTERS AND M FITZMAURICE | 4 MI E N E OF LOGAN |
| Ranidae | 1948 | M FITZMAURICE | 4 MI E N E OF LOGAN | |
| Polygonum tenue Michx. | 1949 | Davis, H.A.; Davis, T. | In cinders along RR at Nelsonville |
All 284 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Candy Town: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Gery Brick Plant | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nutter Bros Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nutter Brothers Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nutter Brothers Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kimberly Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kimberly Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Hope Asphalt S&G Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nelsonville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nelsonville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Longstreth | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cawthorn | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Carbon Hill | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Run | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Consol (historical) | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| New Pittsburg | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Jobs | 3.1 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122570012 | 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 1050487. 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.






























