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

Dennison, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44621. It stands on Little Stillwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Uhrichsville quadrangle. 2,709 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.

Dennison within Tuscarawas County

Population over time

2 figures

Dennison grew from 2,655 to 2,709 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,655
20202,709+54 (+2%)

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dennison, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Dennison, surveyed 1909

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.

Fires nearby

29 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Dennison between 2004 and 2020, burning about 48 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5305
9 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15776
3 May 2015Debris and open burning1.8 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1142
20 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4905
9 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15602
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15599
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12185

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 501 shown

Museums hold 501 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dennison between 1851 and 1973: 382 Animalia, 82 Plantae, 35 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Perry, Adams J. M. R., Adams J. R. M. 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 Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 18951894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896Pisidium fallax Sterki, 18961894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 18581895G. Marstonfrom spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki)
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Tuscarawa City
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Lasmigona complanata, not of this specimenLasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Pyganodon grandis, not of this specimenPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Theliderma cylindrica, not of this specimenTheliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias pustulosa, not of this specimenCyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1884Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia

All 501 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 Dennison: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Midvale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Urichsville PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast Producer
Evans Clay Products, Inc. MillClayPast Producer
Evans Farm PitClayProducer
L and M Mineral Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Superior Clay Corporation MillClayPast Producer
Urichsville PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas County

Storms nearby

10 since 2001

The National Weather Service names Dennison in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDennison$50,000Law enforcement reported trees down near Dennison.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDennison$45,000The county emergency manager reported numerous trees down and damage to homes in the Dennison area.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDennison$20,000Multiple trees were blown down southeast of Uhrichsville.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDennison$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Pleasant Valley Road Northeast.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDennison$5,000Trees were reported down at the intersection of State Route 800 and Movarian Trail Road.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDennison$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDennison$1,000A tree was reported down on State Route 800.
July 2015FloodDennison$1,000Stillwater creek reportedly came out of it's banks and flooded a residence near Point Breeze Ridge. About 2 feet of water flowed into yards.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindDennison-Power lines downed by wind.
June 2010HailDennison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Uhrichsville0.7 miles16
Roanoake1.5 miles16
Newport2.4 miles14
Eastport2.5 miles16
Three Legs Town (historical)3.0 miles16
Midvale3.7 miles16
Royal Lane Park3.7 miles15
Riverside Park3.8 miles15

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 DennisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2606427The 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 1064529. 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.