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Clifton, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45744. It stands on Mason Run. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle.

Clifton within Washington County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clifton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Clifton, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 1902 county history

7,567 words on this township

The county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Adams Township covers geography, soil and scenery, mineral wealth, the adams garrison, names of first settlers, other early settlers, german emigration.

Read the chapter on Adams Township - 7,567 words.

Fires nearby

14 since 2010

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clifton between 2010 and 2020, burning about 31 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15839
7 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4612
9 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15465
9 March 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15532
23 March 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 707 shown

Museums hold 707 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clifton between 1884 and 1974: 666 Animalia, 32 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. L. McElhose, Adams, N.; Adams, S. 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 Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1932C. MayMarietta
Specimen of Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers.Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers.1932L.W.R.J.Nursery, Marietta
Specimen of Medicago lupulina L.Medicago lupulina L.1961Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr.Route 21, 3 miles north of Marietta.
A photograph of the species Trillium sessile, not of this specimenTrillium sessile L.1884NoneMacksburg
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Crystallaria cincotta, not of this specimenCrystallaria cincotta Welsh & Wood, 20081888Gilbert, C. & Henshall, J. A. (James A.)Muskingum River, dst Beverly dam RM 24.8, 0.6 miles west of Beverly OH, Waterford township
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio
A photograph of the species Percopsis omiscomaycus, not of this specimenPercopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Pimephales vigilax, not of this specimenPimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Eragrostis hypnoides, not of this specimenEragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1896A. D. SelbyRainbow.
A photograph of the species Stichopsora Dietel, not of this specimenStichopsora Dietel, 18991903W. A. Kellerman

All 707 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clifton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, REE, Iron, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Guernsey Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Interlake Inc/ Beverly, OhioThorium, REE, Iron, ChromiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Upper Lowell1.6 miles14
Equity1.8 miles14
Coal Run2.5 miles14
Lowell2.5 miles14
Buells (historical)3.8 miles13
Waterford4.7 miles14
Alden4.7 miles16
Beverly4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062699. 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.