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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Courtright, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45644. The Survey maps it on the Kingston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Courtright within Ross County

Then and now

1906 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Courtright (historical), surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Courtright (historical), surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

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

3 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Courtright (historical) between 2009 and 2012, burning about 3 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 April 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 February 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ross County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,070 shown

Museums hold 1,070 specimens collected within 10 miles of Courtright (historical) between 1845 and 1975: 738 Animalia, 275 Fungi, 54 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, A. Cronquist, A. Miller 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
Specimen of unnamed1906M.E. Hard
Specimen of Amanita strobiliformis (Paulet ex Vittad.) Bertill.Amanita strobiliformis (Paulet ex Vittad.) Bertill.1906Hard, MironChillicothe
Specimen of Boletus L.Boletus L.1906Hard, MironChillicothe
A photograph of the species Symphyotrichum dumosum, not of this specimenSymphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L.Nesom1845L. L. Pontius3 mi E of Kingston.
A photograph of the species Passiflora lutea, not of this specimenPassiflora lutea L.1885Safford, William EdwinChillicothe
A photograph of the species Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae, not of this specimenAlbugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle1896Selby, A. D.Chillicothe
Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc.1896Selby A. D.Chillicothe
A photograph of the species Armillaria mellea, not of this specimenArmillaria mellea (Vahl) P.Kumm.1902Hard, MironChillicothe
A photograph of the species Collybia velutipes, not of this specimenCollybia velutipes (Curtis) P.Kumm.1902Hard, MironChillicothe
A photograph of the species Geaster campestre, not of this specimenGeaster campestre Morgan1902Hard, MironChillicothe
Hypholoma sublateritium (Fr.) Quél.1902Hard, MironChillicothe
A photograph of the species Panus stipticus, not of this specimenPanus stipticus (Bull.) Fr.1902Hard, MironChillicothe

All 1,070 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Courtright (historical): 1 producer. All of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blazer QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ross 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
Kingston2.0 miles13
Kinnikinnick2.1 miles13
Delano3.2 miles13
Metzger4.1 miles13
Andersonville4.6 miles14
Hallsville5.3 miles12
Hopetown5.4 miles13
Jarvis5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049999. 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.