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Conotton, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44695. It stands on Scott Run. The Survey maps it on the Bowerston quadrangle.

Conotton within Harrison County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Conotton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Conotton, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

6 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Conotton between 2002 and 2020, burning about 10 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
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
18 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 March 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 March 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 October 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15858

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 92 shown

Museums hold 92 specimens collected within 10 miles of Conotton between 1889 and 1971: 70 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Conan J. Taylor, Dalton, C., Dalton, J. (J) & Dalton, T., Davis, H.A.; Davis, T. 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
A photograph of the species Oxalis stricta, not of this specimenOxalis stricta L.1889L. Dickerson
A photograph of the species Solanum emulans, not of this specimenSolanum emulans Raf.1889L. Dickerson
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1891Sterki, VictorDennison(2 mi above)
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1891Sterki, VictorDennison(3 mi above)
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1891Sterki, VictorDennison(2 mi above)
A photograph of the species Lampsilis radiata, not of this specimenLampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1891Sterki, VictorDennison(2 mi above)
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1891Sterki, VictorDennison(2 mi above)
A photograph of the species Pyganodon grandis, not of this specimenPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1891Sterki, VictorDennison(2 mi above)
A photograph of the species Strophitus undulatus, not of this specimenStrophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)1891Sterki, VictorDennison(2 mi above)
A photograph of the species Cardamine bulbosa, not of this specimenCardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1905Ortmann, A.E.Bowerston
Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd.1911Sterkialong B.& O. Ry, 2 mi NE of Uhrichsville
Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell1914Sterkialong B & O Ry, 2 mi NE of Uhrichsville

All 92 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Conotton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
BowerstonClayProducer
Bowerston Shale Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms nearby

6 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Conotton in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021FloodConotton$50,000State Route 151 closed northwest of Scio due to flooding. Standing water was observed over State Route 646 near Scio and Annapolis. High water was recorded going through a backyard off a nearby creek. State 164 closed north of Amsterdam due to flooding.
March 2011FloodConotton$8,000Law enforcement and the county emergency manager reports that Conotton Creek is out of its banks and flooding State Route 151 in Scio and several secondary roads in Conotton.
March 2008FloodConotton$5,000Emergency management reported SR 151 between Scio and Conotton closed due to flooding.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindConotton$2,000A tree was brought down on State Route 151.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindConotton$2,000Emergency management reported large tree limbs down.
June 2019Flash FloodConotton-Local law enforcement stated that State Route 151 was closed due to high water for a short time.

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Bowerston2.3 miles13
Scio3.6 miles12
West Shore Cottage Area5.1 miles14
Tappan5.3 miles14
Hanover5.4 miles14
East Shore Cottage Area5.4 miles14
Smithdale (historical)5.8 miles14
Pleasant Valley (historical)6.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056834. 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.