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Easton, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wills Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43755. The Survey maps it on the Old Washington quadrangle.

Easton within Guernsey County

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 Easton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Easton, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 1911 county history

4,881 words on this township

The county history of 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wills Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wills Township - 4,881 words.

Fires nearby

14 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 2007 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
16 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1862
21 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5205
9 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1212
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15174
17 April 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7826
1 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guernsey County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 229 shown

Museums hold 229 specimens collected within 10 miles of Easton between 1875 and 1975: 142 Animalia, 76 Plantae, 11 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W. (William), Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al., Adams, W.; Adams, S. 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 Synechoblastus rupestris (F.Desp.) Trevis.Synechoblastus rupestris (F.Desp.) Trevis.1902F.O. GroverBlack Swamp
Specimen of Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann, 1821Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann, 18211916not recorded
Specimen of Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 18781916not recorded
A photograph of the species Asclepias tuberosa, not of this specimenAsclepias tuberosa L.1875s.c.Fairmont
A photograph of the species Enslenia albida, not of this specimenEnslenia albida Nutt.1875s.c.Fairmont
A photograph of the species Impatiens pallida, not of this specimenImpatiens pallida Nutt.1875Lloyd, Curtis GatesFairmont
A photograph of the species Valsa nivea, not of this specimenValsa nivea (Hoffm.) Fr.1906Wilson C. B.Oberlin near Black Swamp
A photograph of the species Dothiorella Sacc., not of this specimenDothiorella Sacc., 18801910Dawson W.Byesville
A photograph of the species Taphrina caerulescens, not of this specimenTaphrina caerulescens (Desm. & Mont.) Tul.1912Bartenstein T. E.Warrentown
A photograph of the species Isoetes muricata, not of this specimenIsoetes muricata Durieu1913L. S. Hazel M, D.D. HopkinsBrady's Lake.
Apidae1916not recorded
A photograph of the species Apis mellifera, not of this specimenApis mellifera Linnaeus, 17581916not recorded

All 229 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Easton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Guernsey 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
Old Washington0.8 miles17
Elizabethtown1.2 miles17
Lore City3.9 miles13
Warrentown3.9 miles17
Gibson4.2 miles13
Kings Mine4.3 miles13
Brady4.6 miles17
Kipling4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048684. 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.