Cannons Creek, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Elizabeth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45659. It lies in Woltz Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pedro quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 104 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
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.
- 1898 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
388 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 388 fires within 5 miles of Cannons Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,371 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 141 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 141 |
| Debris and open burning | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Other causes | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM 09/09 |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SR 93 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BAILEY |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | GRAPE FIRE |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PEDRO #2 FIRE |
| 28 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Wayne National Forest | SAND HILL |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | ST. MARY'S CHURCH #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 322 shownMuseums hold 322 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cannons Creek between 1890 and 1972: 250 Animalia, 42 Plantae, 30 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartley, F., Boepple 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1890 | Schneck | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Bryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Campylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt. | 1892 | Carver Wm. | Ironton |
![]() | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
![]() | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Frullania asagrayana Mont. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton. |
![]() | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
All 322 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 Cannons Creek: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Clay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1859 | |
| Pedro Mine & Mill | Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Brohard Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Maquette Cement Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pedro Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pedro Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinkston Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinkston Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Plant & Quarry Cement | Clay | Producer | ||
| Superior Shale Quarry-Bear Run | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2020The National Weather Service names Cannons Creek in 1 storm report between 2020 and 2020: 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannons Creek | $5,000 | A small outbuilding collapsed and several trees were downed along County Road 4. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean (historical) | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bartles | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Etna | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lawrence | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pedro | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lawrence Furnace | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Center Station | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Vesuvius Furnace | 3.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075521. 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.
























