Costonia, Ohio
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Island Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43964. It stands on Little Island Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weirton quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
24 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 Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
7 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Costonia between 2002 and 2017, burning about 12 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 burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | POLK STREET |
| 1 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1783 |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7096 |
| 27 February 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7059 |
| 9 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PARK PLAZA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 556 shownMuseums hold 556 specimens collected within 10 miles of Costonia between 1836 and 1973: 299 Animalia, 220 Plantae, 36 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. W. Cusick, A.W. Cusick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Vitis aestivalis Michx. | 1836 | Jewett | |
![]() | Polygonum erectum L. | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio |
![]() | Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Carex hirsutella Mack. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Elymus hystrix L. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Galium circaezans Michx. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | near Steubenville |
![]() | Hypericum mutilum L. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Hypericum punctatum Lam. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Luzula echinata (Small) F.J.Herm. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
All 556 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Costonia: 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Chromium, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Steubenville Smelter | Iron, Chromium | Plant | ||
| Kaul Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wheeling-Pittsburgh/ Steubenville | Iron | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2010The National Weather Service names Costonia in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2012: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2010 | Flash Flood | Costonia | $75,000 | Little Island Creek out of banks near Costonia with local roads flooded. Motorist stranded in car. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Costonia | $20,000 | Trees were reported down by media in Costonia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markle | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Pottery Addition | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Wallace Heights | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Pekin | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Fairview Heights | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Ridgeland | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Stanton Park | 2.7 miles | 23 |
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 Costonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133679 | 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 1066288. 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.



































