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Caywood, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Fearing Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45750. It stands on Killwell Run. The Survey maps it on the Marietta 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
17 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 Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
15,497 words on this townshipHistory of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Fearing Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In the winter of 1794-5, as the Chapman family were pushing their way up the wilderness by the natural pathway of Duck creek, to their future home near Whipple's run, they passed near what is now the Cedar Narrows, at the mouth of an unknown stream that flowed from the west. It was New Year's day, and they celebrated the holiday by the only practical, and, no doubt, acceptable way they could - by eating their dinner. Naturally enough, they afterwards would refer to that stream as New Year's creek, and the name still distinguishes the run. So the story goes.
Passage source: History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881.
In the southern part of Fearing a family settled early, by the name of Caywood, whence the name of the station on the Marietta, Pittsburgh & Cincinnati railroad at that place. William Caywood settled on the farm now occupied by Henry Pape. His wife before marriage was named Phoebe Moore. Of his family, Thomas married Harriet Maxon, and settled in Fearing; Jonathan married Eliza Huston, and also remained in the township; Phoebe married William Gill, and went to Marietta; Joseph Caywood settled in Lower Lawrence. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian church, and was born in Prince William county, Virginia, in 1799. He joined the family in this county in 1820. Eliza Caywood married Joshua Reed, of Marietta township. A. Jackson lives in Fearing, at Caywood station. He married Eliza Stanley and Elizabeth Hill.
Passage source: History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881.
In 1811 one who is yet a resident of the township, Mr. William S. Price, came, then an infant of a year. He is a native of Virginia, and is possessed with a very distinct recollection of early times, in all that made them so different from the present. His home is about a mile from Caywood station.
Passage source: History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Fearing Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
11 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Caywood between 2010 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5625 |
| 16 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5405 |
| 5 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 710 |
| 24 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Wayne National Forest | STATE ROUTE 26 |
| 19 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14566 |
| 12 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15005 |
| 24 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7307 |
| 24 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wayne National Forest | REED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,287 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,287 specimens collected within 10 miles of Caywood between 1853 and 1975: 1,197 Animalia, 54 Fungi, 34 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Drew, A. L. McElhose 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 avenae (Pers.) Rostr. | 1923 | W.G. Stoner | Marietta |
 | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1932 | C. May | Marietta |
 | Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers. | 1932 | L.W.R.J. | Nursery, Marietta |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1853 | E. Andrews | Marietta, Ohio |
 | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1879 | W. Holden | Ohio River, Near Marietta |
 | Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1886 | Georg Baur | Marietta |
 | Icteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | Shufeldt, R. | Marietta |
 | Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | Shufeldt, R. | Marietta |
 | Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1896 | A. D. Selby | Rainbow. |
 | Plasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Marietta |
 | Cyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852) | 1897 | Sterki, Victor | Marietta |
 | Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1897 | Sterki, Victor | Marietta |
All 1,287 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Caywood: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Marietta Smelter | Manganese, Chromium | Plant | ||
| Duckworth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Muskingum River Plant No 5 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Union Carbide/ Marietta, Ohio | Iron, Manganese | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caywood in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caywood | $10,000 | A couple of houses lost shingles or pieces of siding. Multiple trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caywood | $6,000 | The final damage near Marietta was along Grub Road. Here a garage was slightly shifted off its foundation. Additional trees were damaged. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Caywood | $3,000 | Minor flooding occurred on Duck Creek near Whipple where the gage showed the creek going over its 12 foot bankfull stage the afternoon of the 21st. It crested at 12.68 feet early morning of the 22nd before returning to its banks later on in the morning before midday. This created flooding on sections of state routes 26, 821 and 145. ||The West Fork of Duck Creek also flooded. The stream gage near Macksburg showed the creek rising above its 13 foot bankfull level early on the 21st, cresting around 14 feet late that evening, then returning to its banks during the early morning hours of the 22nd. This created flooding on portions of Broad Street as well as some homes and campgrounds near the creek. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Caywood | $3,000 | Minor flooding occurred on Duck Creek near Whipple where the gage showed the creek going over its 12 foot bankfull stage the afternoon of the 21st. It crested at 12.68 feet early on the morning of the 22nd before returning to its banks just before midday. This created flooding on sections of State Routes 26, 821 and 145. ||The West Fork of Duck Creek also flooded. The stream gage near Macksburg showed the creek rising above its 13 foot bankfull level early on the 21st, cresting around 14 feet late that evening, then returning to its banks during the early morning hours of the 22nd. This created flooding on portions of Broad Street as well as some campgrounds near the creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanleyville | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hills | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sitka | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Emerson Heights | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Ruraldale | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dell | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| North Hills | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Morningside | 3.5 miles | 17 |
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 Caywood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133343 | 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 1075538. 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.