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Clowville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Coshocton City. It lies in ZIP code area 43812. It stands on Rock Run. The Survey maps it on the Wills Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clowville within Coshocton County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clowville (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Clowville (historical), surveyed 1908

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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Coshocton city, in the words of 1909.

1909, Coshocton City

Chapter Xix

Miscellaneous Matters - 1. The Pre-Historic Race. 2. Ancient Burial Grounds. 3. Meaning of the names Muskingum, Tuscarawas, and Walhonding. 4. Prose Legend of the Walhonding. 5. Heckwelder's Famous Ride. 6. Temperance Crusade among the Indians. 7. The Gnadenhutten Massacre. 8. Curious Stories Touching Captives Reclaimed by Boquet.

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Fires nearby

19 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Clowville (historical) between 2007 and 2020, burning about 21 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking2
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
28 June 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5106
8 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7872
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15666
21 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources681

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,601 shown

Museums hold 1,601 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clowville (historical) between 1846 and 1974: 815 Animalia, 653 Plantae, 123 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. F. 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 Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1942H. MoldenkeCoshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) LloydCalvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd1942H. MoldenkeCoshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton
Specimen of Campanulastrum americanum (L.) SmallCampanulastrum americanum (L.) Small1942Harold N. MoldenkeNorth Appalachian Experimental Watershed, near Coshocton.
A photograph of the species Tortula obtusifolia, not of this specimenTortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu1846W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Empidonax virescens, not of this specimenEmpidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)1898Williamson, E. B.Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Hemistena lata, not of this specimenHemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton

All 1,601 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 Clowville (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Apache No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Coshocton 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
Pleasant Valley0.6 miles14
Tyndall1.9 miles14
Coshocton2.1 miles16
Franklin2.1 miles14
Roscoe2.6 miles16
Hardscrabble3.1 miles16
Blue Row3.4 miles14
Conesville4.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067511. 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.