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.
Then and now
1904 to 2002The 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.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1904 USGS Zaleski quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Zaleski quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Zaleski quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Union Furnace quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
59 since 2001The 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 burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 180 |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BYERS RD |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | MONK RD FIRE |
| 20 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | LOOP |
| 8 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM |
| 7 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BEACH FIRE |
| 26 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | RV FIRE 295 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 812 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Mycosphaerella dearnessii M.E.Barr | 1936 | C. C. Green | Waterloo State Forest |
![]() | Perlesta Banks, 1906 | 1898 | N. Roberts | |
![]() | Diospyros virginiana L. | 1899 | A. D. Selby | Marshfield |
![]() | Salix humilis var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
![]() | Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Marshfield |
| Melasmia Lév., 1846 | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Athens | |
![]() | Catocala innubens Guenée, 1852 | 1910 | Shuey, J. A. (John A.) | Athens, Athens Co., OH |
![]() | Chara Linnaeus, 1753 | 1911 | L. S. Hopkins | Fox Lake |
| Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc. | 1912 | Dunlap O. E. | Athens | |
![]() | Neodiprion Rohwer, 1918 | 1915 | not recorded | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1916 | not recorded |
All 812 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 within 5 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutter Bros Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Nutter Brothers Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nutter Brothers Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Plant 2 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Gravel Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kimberly Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kimberly Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Hope Asphalt S&G Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nelsonville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nelsonville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Carbondale | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hocking | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| East Clayton | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Glen Ebon | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Nelsonville | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| New Floodwood | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Doanville | 3.7 miles | 21 |
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 Q122598042 | 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 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.

























