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Durant, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bloom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43756. It stands on Big Bottom Run. The Survey maps it on the Philo quadrangle.

Durant within Morgan County

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Durant, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Durant, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

In the 1880 county history

225 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bloom Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bloom Township - 225 words.

Fires nearby

7 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Durant between 2012 and 2014, burning about 16 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
23 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning5.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 190 shown

Museums hold 190 specimens collected within 10 miles of Durant between 1887 and 1974: 161 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, Adler, K. K., Albaugh, D. W. (Douglas W.) 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 Cercis canadensis L.Cercis canadensis L.1961William G. Gambill Jr.; Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr.Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville.
Specimen of Gleditsia triacanthos L.Gleditsia triacanthos L.1961William G. Gambill Jr.Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville.
Specimen of Medicago lupulina L.Medicago lupulina L.1961William G. Gambill Jr.; Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr.Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville.
A photograph of the species Peziza soleniiformis, not of this specimenPeziza soleniiformis Ellis & Everh.1887Morgan
Leskea obscura Hedw.1896W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Chondestes grammacus, not of this specimenChondestes grammacus grammacus (Say, 1822)1903not recordedMcConnelsville
A photograph of the species Merulius incarnatus, not of this specimenMerulius incarnatus Schwein.1906Collector unspecifiedMcConnellsville
A photograph of the species Puccinia graminis, not of this specimenPuccinia graminis Pers.1919Ricker A. J.MCCONNELSVILLE
Atrichopogon fusinervis (Malloch, 1915)1927F. N.McConnelsville
A photograph of the species Atrichopogon levis, not of this specimenAtrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901)1927not recordedMcConnelsville
Bezzia Kieffer, 18991927not recordedMcConnelsville
A photograph of the species Dasyhelea Kieffer, not of this specimenDasyhelea Kieffer, 19111927not recordedMcConnelsville

All 190 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

7 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Durant in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024FloodDurant$10,000The Muskingum River gauge at McConnelsville rose above its flood stage on the afternoon of April 2nd. The river eventually crested to around 13 feet the next morning, and then returned below flood stage the morning of the 4th. Several homes and businesses in the McConnelsville observed minor flooding during this time, in addition to high water issues that arose on State Route 376 and Route 669.
February 2019FloodDurant$10,000The Muskingum River flooded near McConnelsville, causing high water along Routes 60 and 669. The neighborhood along Cottonwood Drive also experienced some minor flooding.||The river gage on the Muskingum at McConnelsville showed the river rose above its 11 foot flood stage late on the 7th. It crested at 11.5 feet just after midnight on the 8th, and returned to its banks mid morning.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDurant$1,500Power outages were observed in the area of Durant due to downed trees and power lines.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDurant$1,000Trees were blown down on County Route 9.
March 2008FloodDurant$1,000Small streams, such as Meigs Creek, flooded roads.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDurant$500A tree fell across the road in Durant.
April 2018HailDurant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Eagleport0.9 miles13
Rokeby Lock1.3 miles13
Triadelphia4.5 miles13
Airington (historical)5.5 miles13
Joetown5.9 miles13
Halls Valley (historical)6.1 miles13
Deavertown6.8 miles15
Rowland (historical)7.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048671. 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.

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.