Croton, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Hartford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43013. The Survey maps it on the Johnstown quadrangle. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 58 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
11 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.
- 1908 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Johnstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Johnstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Johnstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Johnstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 864 shownMuseums hold 864 specimens collected within 10 miles of Croton between 1881 and 1975: 848 Animalia, 15 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. P. Morgan; Ellis, Bales, B. R. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hypoxylon mediterraneum (De Not.) Ces. & De Not. | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Hypoxylon microplacum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) J.H.Mill. | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Hypoxylon papillatum Ellis & Everh. | 1896 | A. P. Morgan; Ellis | Preston |
![]() | Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1863 | not recorded | USA, NNO-, OHIO*, GHOTA RIVER , |
![]() | Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832) | 1881 | not recorded | Ohio, USA |
![]() | Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | Jones, J. (Jesse) | Ohio, USA |
![]() | Picoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832) | 1886 | not recorded | Ohio, USA |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1888 | not recorded | Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | N. G. Buxton | Johnstown |
![]() | Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 | 1894 | Mills, W. C. | Ohio, USA |
| Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1925 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Ohio, USA | |
| Macrophya flavicoxae | 1926 | C.H. Kennedy |
All 864 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
9 since 1994The National Weather Service names Croton in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton | $6,000 | Numerous trees were downed at two properties on Sinkey Road. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Croton | $5,000 | A tornado touched down briefly downing a few trees and damaging corn crops. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton | $3,000 | A tree fell onto power lines and caught fire in Hartford due thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Croton | $2,000 | Heavy rainfall flooded Appleton Road. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Croton | - | High water was reported on School Lane Road near County Line Road. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Croton | - | High water was reported on School Lane Road. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Croton | - | High standing water was reported over Fairgrounds Road, School Lane Road, and Croton Road due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Croton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Green (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lock | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Decrow Corners | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Johnstown | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Concord | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Barrick Corners | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cokesbury Corners | 8.5 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49348053 | 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 1085655. 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.
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.
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.




















