Clarkson, Ohio
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Middleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44455. The Survey maps it on the East Liverpool North quadrangle. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.
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
22 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 Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS East Liverpool North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
19,600 words on this townshipHistory of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Middleton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
At Clarkson, Joseph Moore began a tannery many years ago, on the side opposite the present establishment, which was built by Richard Stock. Bailey F. Randolph was his tanner. Subsequently, William and Perry Ashton carried on the business, aud were followed by George Uncapher and the present proprietor, W. H. Owens. At Clarkson common earthenware was made about 1840 by John T. Yale and others.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
The Clarkson post-office was established some time about 1839, with Richard Stock as postmaster, and William Thomas, assistant. Subsequently, the office was held by Isaac Warrick, Samuel Casebur, Moses Louthan, and A. Campbell. Mrs. A. Campbell is the present incumbent. The office has a tri-weekly mail from New Lisbon, a triweekly mail from New Waterford and East Liverpool, and a semi-weekly mail from New Galilee.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
This society was formed in the spring of 1839, and was composed chiefiy of a number of persons who had formerly belonged to the congregation at Middle Beaver, and when that body was dissolved came to this locality to establish a place of worship, the remaining members going to Madison. Among the members who constituted the congregation of Clarkson were John McCammon, James W. Gaston, Joseph Steel, John G. Gaston, Mathew Lyon, Hugh Gaston, Mathias Shirt z, Wm. Steel, James Provines, Hugh Sebring (and their wives), Morgan Lyon, Elizabeth Knight, Nancy McCammon, Elizabeth McCammon, and Mary Keep.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
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 Middleton Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Clarkson between 2005 and 2020, burning about 24 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15273 |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1181 |
| 29 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1741 |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 866 |
| 3 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4653 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12925 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 686 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 686 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clarkson between 1885 and 1975: 432 Animalia, 226 Plantae, 27 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W., 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon | 1916 | E.K. Seymour | Lower campus |
![]() | Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
![]() | Polyporus galactinus Berk. | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
![]() | Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis (Willd.) A.Gray | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | on line of Columbiana Co., 4 mi S of Petersburg |
![]() | Polyporus luridus Kalchbr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | Spring Grove |
![]() | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | East Liverpool |
![]() | Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | near Unity |
![]() | Hieracium aurantiacum L. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | near Unity |
![]() | Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | near Unity |
![]() | Plantago rugelii Decne. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | Lisbon |
![]() | Rosa L. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | Unity |
![]() | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs | 1900 | Shafer, J.A. | [Glasglow], Smiths Ferry |
All 686 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clarkson: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bituminous. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negley Refractories Pit | Clay, Bituminous | Past Producer | ||
| Coppock Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Coppock Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarkson in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Clarkson | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported evacuation of residents along Beaver Creek in Madison Township due to flooding. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Clarkson | - | A trained spotter reports that State Route 7, south of Rogers, Ohio, has water covering the roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Beaver (historical) | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Williamsport | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| East Carmel | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Union Ridge | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rogers | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sprucevale | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Mill Rock | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fredericktown | 4.2 miles | 22 |
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 Clarkson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5127624 | 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 1056809. 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.

































