BlockChili, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43824. The Survey maps it on the Coshocton quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 81 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
9 surveys from 16 printed 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 Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,654 words on this townshipHistory of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Crawford Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In 1830 the population . was 442. From this date it increased rapidly, reaching 1,134 in ]s4n; ten years later the maximum point of population was reached, 1,552; an almost imperceptible decline reduced it to 1,-516 in 1860; in 1870 it had fallen to 1,245 ; during the last decade, however, this loss was partially recovered, and in 1880 the population was 1,431.
Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881.
A school was a novelty for a long time after the whites settled this township. The first one was taught about 1820, by Jacob Seidler, in a little cabin which stood in the woods where Chili now stands, just north of the bridge. It was the usual subscription school, and was only three months in duration. The Smiths, Misers, Sondals, Ravenscrofts and others from this and Wliite Eyes township attended here. This one short term was all the school instruction that some of the aged fathers and mothers of to-daj' received, all they had an opportunity of receiving. For a number of years after, school was not again taught in this neighborhood, and then only at irregular periods. The teachers were usually little in advance of their pupils in point of knowledge, and consequently the progress of the latter was very slow. It is said that Joseph Townley was the first early efficient teacher in the township. He taught, about 1835, near the Lutheran church, just above Chili.
Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881.
From another distraction in the aforementioned Holmes county German Reformed church sprang the United Brethren church of New Bedford. It was organized about 1848, by Rev. March, with a large membershp. George Smith, George Schultz and John P. Lower were included in the number. Revs. John Dilly and John Crone have been prominent pastors of this society. Rev. Schluser is the present pastor. The membership is small. The church building is a large, substantial frame, which was erected about 1848. A Sunday-school is held during the summer.
Passage source: History of Coshocton 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 Crawford Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Fires near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Chili between 2003 and 2019, burning about 48 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 962 |
| 17 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 961 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15183 |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 897 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 897 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chili between 1892 and 1973: 584 Plantae, 212 Animalia, 92 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, Alleshonse? O. C., Alleshouse O. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk. | 1942 | Modenke | White Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed |
 | Bulgaria rufa Schwein. | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed |
 | Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton |
 | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
 | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
 | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
All 897 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chili in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down in and around Chili. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | $3,000 | Unoccupied mobile home blown over. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | $2,000 | A few large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Chili | - | A CoCoRaHS observer recorded a 72 hour storm total of 3.68 inches. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Chili | - | County law enforcement reported that County Road 10 in Chili was closed due to flooding. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto SR 643. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Chili | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Chili | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Fresno | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Munsville (historical) | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| New Bedford | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Powell | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Riverview Estates | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bakersville | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Keene | 6.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048600. 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.