Cora, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45631. It stands on Polecat Run. The Survey maps it on the Rodney quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1906 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Siegel, Arthur S., photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Siegel, Arthur S., photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires nearby
44 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Cora between 2006 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15829 |
| 24 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15827 |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15786 |
| 8 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4487 |
| 8 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 149 shownMuseums hold 149 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cora between 1900 and 1974: 115 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Arthromacra aenea | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 1924 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
| Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 1861 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Liancalus genualis Loew, 1861 | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Evarthrus seximpressus (LeConte, 1846) | 1901 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Green, 1818) | 1901 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Morse, M. (Max) | Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio | |
| Alternaria solani Sorauer | 1905 | Post A. Lee | Gallipolis Ferry |
All 149 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 Cora: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holley Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2025The National Weather Service names Cora in 1 storm report between 2025 and 2025: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Cora | - | Flooding was observed on State Route 325 near Rio Grande and Centerpoint Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick (historical) | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Siloam (historical) | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Gage | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hideaway Acres | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tynrhos (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wigner (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Patriot | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Adamsville | 3.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075631. 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.















