Cannons Mill, Ohio
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in St. Clair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43920. The Survey maps it on the East Liverpool North quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
22 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.
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
38 since 1999The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Cannons Mill between 1999 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6346 |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15273 |
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15816 |
| 19 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | KITCHEL AVE. NEAR NEWELL |
| 4 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15128 |
| 6 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | NEWELL |
| 5 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1090 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 616 shownMuseums hold 616 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cannons Mill between 1895 and 1975: 370 Animalia, 224 Plantae, 22 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albert Peyron, Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W., 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon | 1916 | E.K. Seymour | Lower campus |
![]() | Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
![]() | Polyporus galactinus Berk. | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
![]() | Polyporus luridus Kalchbr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | Spring Grove |
![]() | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | East Liverpool |
![]() | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs | 1900 | Shafer, J.A. | [Glasglow], Smiths Ferry |
![]() | Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd. | 1901 | Miller, J. | Rough Run, Near Clarkson , Ohio. |
![]() | Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Hook. | 1901 | Miller, J. | Clarkson |
![]() | Epigaea repens L. | 1901 | Miller, J. | Clarkson |
![]() | Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798) | 1901 | E. B. Williamson | Clarkson |
| Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1901 | E. Williamson | Middle fork Little Beaver, Mahominy County, Ohio | |
| Valerianella Mill. | 1901 | Miller, J. | Rough Run near Clarkson |
All 616 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 Cannons Mill: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landsberry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Globe Number 1 Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Globe Refractories, Inc. | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2012The National Weather Service names Cannons Mill in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannons Mill | $10,000 | Trees were reported down west of Route 30. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannons Mill | $5,000 | The 911 Call Center reported trees down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannons Mill | $3,000 | Several trees were snapped or uprooted, and a large number of limbs were snapped off. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannons Mill | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenmoor | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Santa Clara Estates | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Calcutta | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Sprucevale | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| La Croft | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Rock Camp | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Williamsport | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Campus | 3.3 miles | 20 |
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 Cannons Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133617 | 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 1052137. 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.































