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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Connor, Ohio

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43943. It stands on Little Short Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiltonsville quadrangle.

Connor within Jefferson County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Connor, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Connor, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

27 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

26 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Connor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryTOP OF HUKILLS RUN
10 May 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBEECH BOTTOM
8 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBEED BOTTOM
19 April 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWINDSOR HEIGHTS
18 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4385
1 April 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry49 HILL, BEECH BOTTOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 228 shown

Museums hold 228 specimens collected within 10 miles of Connor between 1876 and 1974: 170 Animalia, 30 Plantae, 28 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Arden R. Gaufin, Baer, C.H. Kennedy 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 Erysiphe polygoni DC.Erysiphe polygoni DC.1902W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of Polygonum erectum L.Polygonum erectum L.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio
Specimen of Puccinia myrrhis Alb. & Schwein.Puccinia myrrhis Alb. & Schwein.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood
A photograph of the species Circus cyaneus, not of this specimenCircus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Mniotilta varia, not of this specimenMniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Betula lenta, not of this specimenBetula lenta L.1877Wertz, H.W.Buffalo Creek near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Fagus grandifolia, not of this specimenFagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Guttenberg, H.G.Wellsburg
A photograph of the species Polypodium virginianum, not of this specimenPolypodium virginianum L.1879J. M. CoulterCharlestown
A photograph of the species Ionaspis lacustris, not of this specimenIonaspis lacustris (With.) Lutzoni1893Calkins, W. W.Short Creek
Specimen of Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) LinkPuccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link1902W. A. Kellerman
Actinonema rosae (Lib.) Fr.1904Sheldon John L.Wellsburg
Colletotrichum lagenaria (Pass.) Ellis & Halst.1904Sheldon John L.Wellsburg

All 228 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Connor: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Dredge No. 16Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Connorville0.3 miles27
Jackson Heights1.0 miles27
Highland City1.2 miles27
Rayland1.2 miles27
Grandview Heights1.3 miles27
Tiltonsville1.7 miles27
Warrenton1.8 miles27
Glen Run1.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062707. 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.