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Coleman, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44432. It lies in Furnace Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lisbon quadrangle.

Coleman within Columbiana County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coleman, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Coleman, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

Fires nearby

10 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Coleman between 2003 and 2016, burning about 98 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
3 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2005Debris and open burning5.6 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2016Smoking3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4667
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesCOLUMBIANA
10 April 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 606 shown

Museums hold 606 specimens collected within 10 miles of Coleman between 1878 and 1975: 308 Animalia, 259 Plantae, 38 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, Adler, K. K., Albert Peyron 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 Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1887?Dense woods, Salem.
Specimen of Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.KatoDeparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato1887Wilkinson, E.Salem
Specimen of Alternaria NeesAlternaria Nees1904D.F. Yenghing
A photograph of the species Tringa semipalmata, not of this specimenTringa semipalmata semipalmata (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1878Collector(s): Leonard R. FreemanOhio Valley
A photograph of the species Asclepias incarnata, not of this specimenAsclepias incarnata L.1884E. WilkinsonSalem
A photograph of the species Cirsium arvense, not of this specimenCirsium arvense (L.) Scop.1884E. WilkinsonSalem
A photograph of the species Ilex verticillata, not of this specimenIlex verticillata (L.) A.Gray1884Shafer, J.A.near line of Columbiana Co
A photograph of the species Onoclea sensibilis, not of this specimenOnoclea sensibilis L.1884Shafer, J.A.near line of Columbiana County
A photograph of the species Thelypteris palustris, not of this specimenThelypteris palustris var. pubescens (G.Lawson) Fernald1884Shafer, J.A.near line of Columbiana Co
A photograph of the species Chamerion angustifolium, not of this specimenChamerion angustifolium subsp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch1885Shafer, J.A.N.Y.P.U.O.RR, East of Salem
A photograph of the species Micranthes pensylvanica, not of this specimenMicranthes pensylvanica (L.) Haw.1885Shafer, J.A.near line Columbiana Co
A photograph of the species Platanthera lacera, not of this specimenPlatanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don1885Shafer, J.A.; Hill, W.near Columbiana County line

All 606 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Coleman: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Adams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huffman Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Huffman Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Logtown1.3 miles15
Lockbridge (historical)1.4 miles15
Teegarden2.0 miles15
Longs Crossing2.6 miles15
Guilford2.8 miles15
Lisbon2.9 miles15
Guilford Lake Estates3.2 miles15
Jordanville3.5 miles15

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 ColemanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622684The 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 1062704. 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.