Carletonville, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sutton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45779. It stands on Permonkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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
14 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.
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
96 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Carletonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | GRAHAM STATION |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CARSON ROAD |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CLIFTON CEMETERY |
| 10 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | SUPPER CLUB RD. |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | FOGLESONG RD |
| 9 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | YODER LANE |
| 25 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8705 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 216 shownMuseums hold 216 specimens collected within 10 miles of Carletonville between 1840 and 1973: 164 Animalia, 39 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., C. H. Jones, Carroll, G. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass. | 1899 | Kellerman, W. A. | FLORA OF OHIO |
![]() | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1940 | Carroll, G. | Big Spruce Creek |
![]() | Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Asplenium trichomanes L. | 1840 | Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John Leonard | Meigs County, Ohio |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | In woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden |
![]() | Carex communis var. communis | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Cheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Leptostroma quercinum Lasch | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Lophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
| Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill | |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
All 216 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 Carletonville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Aluminum, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foote Mineral Co--Graham, W.Va. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Foote Mineral Co--New Haven, W.Va. | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Meigs County Hwy Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rock (historical) | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dutchtown | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Minersville | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Syracuse | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Welshtown | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Run | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kerrs Run | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Nease Settlement | 1.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067094. 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.
























