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Colerain, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Colerain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43935. It stands on Scotch Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Dillonvale quadrangle. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1905 USGS St. Clairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS St. Clairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
5,147 words on this townshipCentennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Colerain Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Another old mill that is said to be upwards of a century old is still standing upon the farm of J. H. Hanes, southeast of Colerain village. Mr. Hanes says the mill was built entirely of logs by Burton Stanton and was operated by him for many years. When the present mill was built the old log mill was transformed into a stalile and barn, and Mr. Hanes says the old walnut and oak logs are perfectly sound today.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
Colerain township was organized in 1808 and was named by Scotch-Irish citizens after a pretty little village in the north of Ireland, which the writer has visited, called Colerain, from the neighborhood of which the majority of these first settlers emigrated.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
The township contains 15,361 acres of fertile land, which is underlaid by a valuable vein of coal, that has proven a fertile source of income to the extensive mining companies now in operation at Barton, Maynard and Crescent, affording employment to hundreds of miners in these prosperous mining towns.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
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 Colerain Township - it names this place 10 more 10 times.
Fires near this place
18 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Colerain between 2003 and 2020, burning about 38 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15159 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12065 |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15448 |
| 27 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7949 |
| 20 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11238 |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12045 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,234 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,234 specimens collected within 10 miles of Colerain between 1800 and 1975: 1,036 Plantae, 117 Fungi, 79 Animalia, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. D. Selby & E. L. Moseley, A. D. Selby & J. F. Hicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829 | 1829 | J.R. Paddock | |
 | Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763 | 1839 | J.R. Paddock | |
 | Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 1860 | 1975 | not recorded | |
 | Houstonia caerulea L. | 1800 | Guttenberg, G. | near Wheeling |
 | Robinia L. | 1829 | Guttenberg, G. | Wheeling |
 | Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn. | 1835 | E. Wilkinson | Ohio |
 | Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. | 1837 | B. Frank | Ohio |
 | Carex × sullivantii Boott | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Ohio |
 | Homalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull. | 1843 | D. Sullivan | |
 | Euphorbia maculata L. | 1844 | S. B. Mead | Ohio |
 | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | |
 | Carex gracilescens Steud. | 1847 | G. B. Ashcroft | Ohio |
All 1,234 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Colerain: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron, Bituminous, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ayers Limestone Quarry,Inc. | Bituminous, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wheeling-Pgh/ Martins Ferry, Ohio | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colerain in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Colerain | $30,000 | Thunderstorm rains caused flooding on SR 5, closing it. CR 4 was closed for a half-hour due to localized flooding. Several basements in the Colerain area were flooded. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $15,000 | An emergency manager reported that a roof was ripped off a barn along Hwy 250. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported large branches and a power line down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $3,000 | Large trees down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $2,000 | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $2,000 | Tree blown down, across route 250. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $2,000 | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | $2,000 | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | - | A tree fell down on Barton Road near Route 250. Damage time estimated based on the radar. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | - | Trees reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | - | A local 911 call center reported power lines down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colerain | - | The Department of Highways reported trees down along Mt. Pleasant Pike. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Colerain | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Colerain | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Colerain | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Colerain | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningview | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Farmington | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Barton | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sunset Heights | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Crescent | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lansing | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Maynard | 3.7 miles | 17 |
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 Colerain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5144598 | The 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 1056823. 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.