Coonville, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Starr Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45654. 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.


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
38 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Coonville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | LAUREL FIRE |
| 8 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | TICK RIDGE FIRE |
| 12 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TODD FIRE |
| 7 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BEACH FIRE |
| 5 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | UNION FURNACE |
| 18 June 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | GORE FIRE |
| 9 May 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 acres | Wayne National Forest | FRIDAY NIGHT |
| 9 May 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1243 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 502 shownMuseums hold 502 specimens collected within 10 miles of Coonville between 1901 and 1975: 397 Animalia, 50 Fungi, 39 Plantae, 15 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, Bailey, J. R. (Joseph R.) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Brodo, Irwin M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Phyllachora junci (Alb. & Schwein.) Fuckel | 1901 | W. A. K.; Kern E. H. | New Plymouth |
![]() | Puccinia helianthi Schwein. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | New Plymouth |
![]() | Puccinia podophylli Schwein. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | New Plymouth |
![]() | Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Queer Creek, within Hocking County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate |
| Paracapnia angulata Hanson, 1961 | 1928 | D. J. Knull | ||
| Collema subfurvum | 1929 | Fulford, Margaret Hannah | Cedar Falls Gorge | |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
![]() | Leptogium cyanescens (Ach.) Körb. | 1929 | Taylor, C.S. | Cedar Falls Gorge, |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
| Diploperla robusta Stark & Gaufin, 1974 | 1930 | J. N. Knull | ||
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1947 | D LADD | CEDAR FALLS |
| Heterodon platirhinos Latreille, 1801 | 1947 | C CROFT | CEDAR FALLS |
All 502 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coonville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Summit (historical) | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Union Furnace | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Haydenville | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ilesboro | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ewing | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Candy Town | 8.0 miles | 21 | |
| Smock (historical) | 8.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075625. 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.























