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Connett, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2002. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45764. It lies in Bennett Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Union Furnace quadrangle.

Connett within Athens County

Then and now

1904 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Connett, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Connett, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

59 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Connett between 2001 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National Forest180
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBYERS RD
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestMONK RD FIRE
20 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestLOOP
8 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM
7 June 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestBEACH FIRE
26 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWayne National ForestRV FIRE 295

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Athens County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 812 shown

Museums hold 812 specimens collected within 10 miles of Connett between 1896 and 1975: 713 Animalia, 52 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, Barnes, R. 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 Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Mycosphaerella dearnessii M.E.BarrMycosphaerella dearnessii M.E.Barr1936C. C. GreenWaterloo State Forest
A photograph of the species Perlesta Banks, not of this specimenPerlesta Banks, 19061898N. Roberts
A photograph of the species Diospyros virginiana, not of this specimenDiospyros virginiana L.1899A. D. SelbyMarshfield
A photograph of the species Salix humilis, not of this specimenSalix humilis var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs1899Selby, A.D.Marshfield
A photograph of the species Tephrosia virginiana, not of this specimenTephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.1899Selby, A.D.Marshfield
Melasmia Lév., 18461902Kellerman, W.A.Athens
A photograph of the species Catocala innubens, not of this specimenCatocala innubens Guenée, 18521910Shuey, J. A. (John A.)Athens, Athens Co., OH
A photograph of the species Chara Linnaeus, not of this specimenChara Linnaeus, 17531911L. S. HopkinsFox Lake
Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc.1912Dunlap O. E.Athens
A photograph of the species Neodiprion Rohwer, not of this specimenNeodiprion Rohwer, 19181915not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631916not recorded

All 812 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Connett: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Coal. 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
Nutter Bros PitClay, CoalProducer
Nutter Brothers Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nutter Brothers Clay PitClayPast Producer
Gravel Plant 2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Gravel Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kimberly PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kimberly PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Hope Asphalt S&G IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nelsonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nelsonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Athens 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
Kimberly2.4 miles21
Carbondale2.5 miles16
Hocking3.1 miles15
East Clayton3.1 miles16
Glen Ebon3.4 miles21
Nelsonville3.5 miles21
New Floodwood3.5 miles21
Doanville3.7 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122598042The 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 1075618. 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.