Clarktown, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in Burns Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Boston quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 70 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
12 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.
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1903 county history
1,960 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 1,960 words.
Fires nearby
31 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Clarktown between 2003 and 2020, burning about 254 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14185 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13865 |
| 6 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,009 shownMuseums hold 1,009 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clarktown between 1884 and 1975: 939 Animalia, 41 Plantae, 23 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1884 | H. Mores | Scioto River |
![]() | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan | 1893 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Campeloma Rafinesque, 1819 | 1885 | Ch. R. Orcutt | Scioto River |
![]() | Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1887 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm. | 1889 | Craig M. | Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River |
![]() | Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829 | 1896 | not recorded | Scioto River |
| unnamed | 1897 | Morgan | Preston | |
![]() | Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) | 1897 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio |
![]() | Peronospora polygoni Halst. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
All 1,009 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
4 since 2017The National Weather Service names Clarktown in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarktown | $3,000 | A few trees were downed along Blue Run Township Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarktown | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarktown | $2,000 | A large tree was knocked down into a power pole on Riddlebarger Road. Power lines were knocked down. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Clarktown | - | State Route 139 was closed near Oliver Road due to high water. State Route 139 was also closed due to high water near the Jackson County line. In addition, high water closed Goose Creek Road near Wheelersburg. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rubyville | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Harrison Furnace | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Minford | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Purdy Corners | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wheelers Mill | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Preston Addition | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Tomlison Addition | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Perry Addition | 4.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1039145. 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.






















