Carlton, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 45620. It stands on Storys Run. The Survey maps it on the Cheshire quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 73 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
16 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.
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Cheshire quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Cheshire quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Cheshire quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Cheshire quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Cheshire quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
13 since 1995The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Carlton between 1995 and 2019, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15262 |
| 13 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CAMP CONLEY |
| 16 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4350 |
| 13 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 213 shownMuseums hold 213 specimens collected within 10 miles of Carlton between 1862 and 1973: 112 Fungi, 55 Animalia, 35 Plantae, 11 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer, W. A., CLACK, LINDSAY, Collector(s): W. Perrygo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Carex communis var. communis | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Cheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis (Pers.) Lév. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces trifolii (R.Hedw.) Lév., 1847 | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle | 1904 | Sheldon, John L. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Alternaria cucumerina (Ellis & Everh.) J.A.Elliott | 1904 | Sheldon J. L. | Point Pleasant |
| Cercospora citrullina Cooke | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Point Pleasant | |
| Colletotrichum lagenaria (Pass.) Ellis & Halst. | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Point Pleasant | |
| Fusarium Link, 1809 | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Point Pleasant | |
![]() | Macrosporium cucumerinum Ellis & Everh. | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Point Pleasant |
| Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Lév. | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Point Pleasant | |
| Actinonema rosae (Lib.) Fr. | 1905 | Sheldon John L. | Point Pleasant |
All 213 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2014The National Weather Service names Carlton in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Hail | Carlton | $15,000 | The large hail fell along Oxyer Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlton | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down near Lakin. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kyger | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Tara Estates | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Addison | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bulaville | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Eno | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gilmore Heights | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kanauga | 8.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048582. 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.






















