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Champion, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Champion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44483. The Survey maps it on the Champion quadrangle.

Champion within Trumbull County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Champion, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Champion, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

2 since 2019

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Champion between 2019 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 April 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15312
20 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15310

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trumbull County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 253 shown

Museums hold 253 specimens collected within 10 miles of Champion between 1890 and 1975: 226 Animalia, 22 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Rood, Almon N. Rood, 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Alternaria panax WhetzelAlternaria panax Whetzel1909W.P. WarrenGarden of Warren
Specimen of Asclepias tuberosa L.Asclepias tuberosa L.1928Rood, Almon N.Braceville Tp.,
Specimen of Equisetum fluviatile L.Equisetum fluviatile L.1936Howard, R.Warren.
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1890Ingraham, R.H.Niles
A photograph of the species Desmodium glutinosum, not of this specimenDesmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph.Wood1892Ingraham, R.H.Ailer
A photograph of the species Saxifraga virginiensis, not of this specimenSaxifraga virginiensis Michx.1893Chamberlin, EarlCortland
A photograph of the species Neogale Gray, not of this specimenNeogale Gray, 18651894William Harvey BrownWARREN
A photograph of the species Erigeron annuus, not of this specimenErigeron annuus (L.) Pers.1901I. E. DiehlOakfield
A photograph of the species Erigeron strigosus, not of this specimenErigeron strigosus var. strigosus1901I. E. DiehlOakfield
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1905not recordedNiles
A photograph of the species Guignardia bidwellii, not of this specimenGuignardia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1905Spencer, L. G.
A photograph of the species Plasmopara viticola, not of this specimenPlasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni1905Spencer, L. G.

All 253 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Champion: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Warren Works--General RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Plant
Copperweld Corp/ Warren, OhioIronProducer
Thomas Strip Steel/ Warren, OhioIronProducer

Every working recorded in Trumbull County

Storms nearby

9 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Champion in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Flash FloodChampion$180,000Several parts of Trumbull County experienced flash flooding on Sunday June 14 into the early morning hours of the 15th. The airmass was saturated with a very high rainfall efficiency. A thunderstorm complex moved into southern Trumbull County around 4 pm and lasting through 6 pm. The heaviest rain fell around 5 pm with rates estimated over 5 inches per hour according the NWS Doppler Radar. An observation by the US Army Corps of Engineers at nearby Mosquito Lake measured 3.79 of rain for that day. The deluge resulted in evacuations of at least 4 people from Champion Township due to flooding of several inches in an apartment building. In Warren portions of Niles Road S.E. was damaged by flowing water that was too much for the citys storm drain system. A restaurant was damaged by flood waters and a malls parking lot flooded resulting in flooded cars. A separate office building was damaged from flood waters entering the first floor. A second round of showers came in after 8 pm which just exasperated flood conditions despite only dropping a few hundredths of an inch of rainfall though rates were around 3.5 per hour. A few rain gauge readings from the area: USACE Mosquito Creek 3.95, USGS Leavittsburg gauge 3.29.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindChampion$20,000Numerous trees were reported down across the area. One tree was reported down on a car causing damage.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindChampion$10,000There were numerous trees and power lines blown down across the township.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindChampion$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindChampion$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindChampion$5,000no account filed
November 2005Thunderstorm WindChampion$2,000Two large limbs were reported down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindChampion$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed one large tree and some power lines five miles north of Champion.
July 2000HailChampion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trumbull County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Brookside Park2.5 miles14
State Road2.5 miles12
Hardscrabble3.0 miles14
Brown Corner3.5 miles14
Leavittsburg3.9 miles13
Wildare3.9 miles14
Austin Village4.0 miles13
Delightful4.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056787. 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.