Carpenter, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Columbia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45769. It stands on Fivemile Run. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1980The 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
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.
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
19 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Carpenter between 2009 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5506 |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15781 |
| 21 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15198 |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4253 |
| 6 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4254 |
| 26 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4626 |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11945 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 143 shownMuseums hold 143 specimens collected within 10 miles of Carpenter between 1912 and 1970: 137 Animalia, 3 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. H. Jones, D. Mote, DAVID M. SEVER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bunostomum trigonocephalum (Rudolphi, 1808) | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter |
| Heterakidae | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter | |
| Obeliscoides cuniculi (Graybill, 1923) | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter | |
![]() | Oesophagostomum columbianum Curtice, 1890 | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter |
![]() | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Leading Creek, trib of the Ohio drainage Langsville, Rutland Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Leading Creek, trib of the Ohio drainage Langsville, Rutland Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Leading Creek, trib of the Ohio drainage Langsville, Rutland Twp |
![]() | Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst. | Leading Creek, trib of Ohio River, at village of Carpenter, Columbiana Twp |
![]() | Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst. | Leading Creek, trib of Ohio River, at village of Carpenter, Columbiana Twp |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Leading Creek, trib of the Ohio drainage Langsville, Rutland Twp |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Leading Creek, trib of the Ohio drainage Langsville, Rutland Twp |
![]() | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst. | Leading Creek, trib of Ohio River, at village of Carpenter, Columbiana Twp |
All 143 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
5 since 1996The National Weather Service names Carpenter in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | $50,000 | Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches fell in 2 hours over wet ground, causing streams to flood in the western portion of the county. Some dwelling around Longsville and Rutland were affected by the high waters from Leading and Little Leading Creeks. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Carpenter | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | $4,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Ford | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dyesville | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Welsh | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Blanco | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Martinsburg (historical) | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Point Rock | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pageville | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Zeal (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1038830. 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.






















