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Coshocton, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Coshocton City. It lies in ZIP code area 43812. It stands on Tuscarawas River. The Survey maps it on the Coshocton quadrangle. 11,050 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

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Coshocton within Coshocton County

Population over time

2 figures

Coshocton fell from 11,216 to 11,050 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	11,216
2020	11,050	-166 (-1%)

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coshocton, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Coshocton, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Coshocton city, in the words of 1909.

1909, Coshocton City

Chapter Xix

Miscellaneous Matters - 1. The Pre-Historic Race. 2. Ancient Burial Grounds. 3. Meaning of the names Muskingum, Tuscarawas, and Walhonding. 4. Prose Legend of the Walhonding. 5. Heckwelder's Famous Ride. 6. Temperance Crusade among the Indians. 7. The Gnadenhutten Massacre. 8. Curious Stories Touching Captives Reclaimed by Boquet.

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Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken 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.

Towpath Bridge, Spanning a lock of Ohio & Erie Canal, Coshocton, Coshocton County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Old Stone Fort, North of Isleta, Isleta, Coshocton County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

19 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Coshocton between 2007 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
28 June 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	5106
6 April 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 April 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15666
23 April 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 April 2007	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 April 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 April 2015	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	962

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,665 shown

Museums hold 1,665 specimens collected within 10 miles of Coshocton between 1846 and 1974: 876 Animalia, 655 Plantae, 124 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.	1942	Modenke	White Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Bulgaria rufa Schwein.	1942	H. Moldenke	Coshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd	1942	H. Moldenke	Coshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton
Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu	1846	W. S. Sullivant
Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1892	No Person (Birds)	Coshocton Co
Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)	1892	No Person (Birds)	Coshocton Co
Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)	1898	Williamson, E. B.	Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton

All 1,665 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coshocton: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Apache No. 1 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Boyd Gravel Company Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Boyd Gravel Company Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Number 1 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Coshocton County

Storms nearby

60 of 117 shown

The National Weather Service names Coshocton in 117 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 71 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 16 flash flood, 4 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
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$100,000	Law enforcement reported numerous trees down in Coshocton and across the county.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$100,000	Law enforcement reported numerous trees down around Coshocton and across the county.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$100,000	Emergency management reported trees down in Coshocton and countywide.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$75,000	Trees were down from Coshocton on County Road 24 to West Lafayette.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Coshocton	$50,000	Law enforcement reported numerous roads closed due to flash flooding along State Route 36.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$50,000	Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power poles down around Coshocton.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Coshocton	$50,000	Emergency management reported several roads closed due to flash flooding south and east of Coshcocton.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$35,000	Law enforcement reported trees down on a mobile home on County Road 24 in Coshocton.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$35,000	Emergency management reported trees down in Coshocton.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$30,000	Local emergency manager reports trees and wires down across the county; 3 utility poles were snapped from the bottom in a row laying the same direction along Magnolia Street.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$25,000	A tree was reported to have heavily damaged a house on Park Avenue.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$25,000	The 911 Call Center reported a large 75 foot pine tree snapped and hit a transformer causing power outages.
March 2011	Flood	Coshocton	$25,000	Emergency management reported several roads still closed due to stnading waters as well as from creeks still out of their banks.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$20,000	Trees were reported to be blown down across the city of Coshocton.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$20,000	Trained spotter reported multiple trees down, power outages, and structural damage.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$15,000	A large tree was uprooted and landed on a house.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$10,000	The local 911 Call Center reported trees and power lines down around the town of Coshocton.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$10,000	Trees were downed by wind near the intersection of Chestnut Street and North 2nd Street.
August 2014	Flood	Coshocton	$10,000	A trained spotter reported several basements and roads flooded in Coshocton.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$10,000	Trees and power lines blown down in Nellie, Coshocton, and Warsaw. Some fell on 12th St in Coshocton. 10 large trees fell in the Warsaw-West Lafayette area.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$8,000	Porch and shingle damage.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$6,000	Numerous large trees down.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$6,000	Trees and power lines blown down.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Trees were reported to have fell on houses on both South 16th Street and Wilson Avenue.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	A tree was reported to be downed on power lines, causing a fire.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	A Trained spotter reported multiple trees down at Mulberry and 4th Street in Coshocton.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Trained spotter reported a steel roof blown off of a building in the center of town.
June 2013	Flood	Coshocton	$5,000	Department of Highways reported flooding on State Route 83, just south of Coshocton.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Trained spotter reported multiple trees down.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Local law enforcement reported trees down on route 146, County Road 10, and Country Road 271 in Coshocton.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	A trained spotter reports numerous trees and power lines down on Chestnut St.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	60 mph wind blew down trees and power lines.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Trees and power lines blown down by wind.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines between State Routes 621 and 36.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Large limbs downed, some on power lines.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Trees were downed along Route 32.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	Trees were downed.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$5,000	no account filed
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$4,000	The public reported a roof was blown off of a house on West Pine Street.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$4,000	Trees down.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$3,000	Multiple trees and limbs were reported down along Cambridge Road.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$3,000	Tree damage was reported in Coshocton.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$3,000	Trees down.
October 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
October 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees at the intersection of County Road 26 and Township Road 24.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees onto County Road 58.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$2,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Denman Avenue.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Cambridge Road.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$1,000	Amateur Radio reported trees down.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs along CR 16.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$1,000	A tree was downed onto a county road.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Coshocton	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed large branches.

Every storm recorded in Coshocton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Roscoe	1.1 miles	16
Hardscrabble	1.8 miles	16
Pleasant Valley	1.8 miles	14
Clowville (historical)	2.1 miles	14
Canal Lewisville	2.2 miles	16
Edgewood Terrace	3.0 miles	16
Morgan Run	3.5 miles	16
Tyndall	4.0 miles	14

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.

Wikipedia article on Coshocton	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q991020	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 1056840. 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.