Cherokee, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1992. It stands in McArthur Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43324. It stands on Cherokee Run. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 79 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.
- 1913 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 711 shownMuseums hold 711 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cherokee between 1862 and 1975: 646 Animalia, 50 Plantae, 13 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. D. Selby, A. R. Gaufin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. | 1911 | Errard P. | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861) | 1930 | E. Williamson & et al. | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Hypoxylon coccineum Bull. | 1940 | Phinney, Harry Kenyon | East fork of Little Miami River |
![]() | Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Belfontaine. |
![]() | Nasturtium officinale R.Br. | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) | 1869 | not recorded | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Otus asio naevius (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1874 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Solenostoma crenuliforme (Austin) Steph. | 1877 | not recorded | |
![]() | Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 1889 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Gallinago gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 1889 | McCormick, L. M. | Beaver Creek, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dendroica virens virens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1891 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) | 1893 | not recorded | Logan Co., Ohio |
All 711 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cherokee: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ropp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Duff Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Duff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Northwood Stone & Asphalt Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Northwood Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
5 since 2013The National Weather Service names Cherokee in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee | $5,000 | Barn damage occurred in Huntsville due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Cherokee | $4,000 | Two cars were stranded in high water along State Route 117 near Rude Street. |
| August 2024 | Flood | Cherokee | - | State Route 117 in Huntsville was closed due to high water. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Cherokee | - | High water was reported on several roads in the Huntsville area. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Cherokee | - | Lima Street was closed due to water flowing across it. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| New Richland | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Northwood | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| McMorran | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Harper | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lewistown | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| O'Connor Point | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Belle Center | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Cherokee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133646 | 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 1039013. 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.
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.



























