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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.

Clarkson within Columbiana County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Clarkson, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Clarkson, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 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.

In the county-history sources

19,600 words on this township

History 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 2005

Regional 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15273
4 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1181
29 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1741
6 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources866
3 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4653
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12925

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 686 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) MurrillIrpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill1917OverholtsW. Elkton
Specimen of Polyporus galactinus Berk.Polyporus galactinus Berk.1917OverholtsW. Elkton
A photograph of the species Osmunda regalis, not of this specimenOsmunda regalis var. spectabilis (Willd.) A.Gray1885Shafer, J.A.on line of Columbiana Co., 4 mi S of Petersburg
A photograph of the species Polyporus luridus, not of this specimenPolyporus luridus Kalchbr.1895Holden Wm.Spring Grove
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1899not recordedEast Liverpool
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1899Shafer, J.A.near Unity
A photograph of the species Hieracium aurantiacum, not of this specimenHieracium aurantiacum L.1899Shafer, J.A.near Unity
A photograph of the species Parietaria pensylvanica, not of this specimenParietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.1899Shafer, J.A.near Unity
A photograph of the species Plantago rugelii, not of this specimenPlantago rugelii Decne.1899Shafer, J.A.Lisbon
A photograph of the species Rosa L., not of this specimenRosa L.1899Shafer, J.A.Unity
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1900Shafer, 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 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Negley Refractories PitClay, BituminousPast Producer
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008FloodClarkson$50,000Law enforcement reported evacuation of residents along Beaver Creek in Madison Township due to flooding.
May 2011FloodClarkson-A trained spotter reports that State Route 7, south of Rogers, Ohio, has water covering the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Columbiana 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
Middle Beaver (historical)1.6 miles20
Williamsport2.0 miles20
East Carmel2.1 miles17
Union Ridge2.8 miles17
Rogers3.1 miles15
Sprucevale3.2 miles22
Mill Rock3.7 miles17
Fredericktown4.2 miles22

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 ClarksonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5127624The 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.