Dungannon, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45715. It lies near Hibbs Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 printed 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.
- 1909 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
7,237 words on this townshipHistory of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Dungannon, a projected village on section 80 of township 5, range 9, was laid out by Nathan II. Essex. George Bell made the survey June 17, 1850. The name of the " city " does not appear either on State or county maps, but the place survives as Ridge postoffice. A store is ke])t at this point by W. H. Maygiickin.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Dungannon between 2008 and 2020, burning about 64 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 May 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1210 |
| 7 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13585 |
| 9 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15465 |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 626 |
| 29 March 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15532 |
| 25 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 104 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 104 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dungannon between 1884 and 1974: 71 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by D M DENNIS, DAVID M SEVER, Dennis, D. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Trillium sessile L. | 1884 | not recorded | Macksburg |
![]() | Colletotrichum trifolii Bain | 1911 | Scarberry J. J. | MACKSBURG |
![]() | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1912 | E. Bartholomew | Caldwell |
![]() | Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Notropis volucellus (Cope, 1865) | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Olive Green Creek, trib. of the Muskingum River, Southern Center Twp. |
![]() | Opsopoeodus emiliae Hay, 1881 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Percina maculata (Girard, 1859) | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Olive Green Creek, trib. of the Muskingum River, Southern Center Twp. |
![]() | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Pimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
![]() | Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque, 1818 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township |
All 104 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dungannon: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dungannon in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dungannon | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported a large tree down blocking the road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dungannon | $1,000 | A member of the public reported that large limbs were blown down and the power was out along Coal Run Hill Road at the county line. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Dungannon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Crooked Tree | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rich Valley | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Honesty | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Three Forks | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| South Olive | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Moundsville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dexter City | 6.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064566. 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.





















