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Darlington, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. It stands on Jonathan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zanesville West quadrangle.

Darlington within Muskingum County

Then and now

1910 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Darlington, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Darlington, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 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

24 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Darlington between 2012 and 2020, burning about 36 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
28 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources2969
12 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources2971
27 May 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1641
9 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 March 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15490
31 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 714 shown

Museums hold 714 specimens collected within 10 miles of Darlington between 1873 and 1973: 652 Animalia, 37 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. M., Adams, William 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 Scleroderris rubra MorganScleroderris rubra Morgan1891Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza nana Massee & MorganPeziza nana Massee & Morgan1895Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Frullania saxicola AustinFrullania saxicola Austin1896William C. Werner
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1873W. M. CanbyZanesville.
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Lehm.1890W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella pinnata, not of this specimenPorella pinnata L.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. WernerFultonham
A photograph of the species Lycogala exiguum, not of this specimenLycogala exiguum Morgan, 18931893Morgan A.P.Preston
Specimen of Lachnum viridulum Massee & MorganLachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza morganii MasseePeziza morganii Massee1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage).
Tapesia derelicta Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston

All 714 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Darlington: 7 producers, 3 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Armco Inc/ Zanesville, OhioIronProducer
Hammer Number 2 Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammer Number 2 Clay MineClayProducer
Johnathan MineLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jonathan MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sidwell Brothers Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Sidwell Brothers Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Plant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muskingum R. Plant No 1 Mine & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Salt Creek Materials Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Muskingum County

Storms nearby

5 since 1997

The National Weather Service names Darlington in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDarlington$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
June 2024HailDarlington-Trained spotter called in report of 2 (measured) hail.
June 2024HailDarlington-Trained spotter reported 1 measured hail.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDarlington-The emergency manager reported damage to multiple homes southwest of Zanesville and near the Maysville middle school.
May 2014HailDarlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskingum 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
Lewis (historical)0.3 miles13
Muskingum (historical)1.0 miles13
Maysville1.0 miles13
Southern Hills1.1 miles13
Moxahala Park1.1 miles13
Zanesville Terrace1.3 miles13
Elizabeth1.6 miles13
Avondale1.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061015. 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.