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.
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
17 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 Antrim quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Antrim quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Old Washington quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Old Washington quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Old Washington quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Old Washington quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Old Washington quadrangle1:24000
In the 1911 county history
4,881 words on this townshipThe 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 2007The 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 burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1862 |
| 21 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5205 |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1212 |
| 24 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15174 |
| 17 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7826 |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 229 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Synechoblastus rupestris (F.Desp.) Trevis. | 1902 | F.O. Grover | Black Swamp |
![]() | Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann, 1821 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa L. | 1875 | s.c. | Fairmont |
![]() | Enslenia albida Nutt. | 1875 | s.c. | Fairmont |
![]() | Impatiens pallida Nutt. | 1875 | Lloyd, Curtis Gates | Fairmont |
![]() | Valsa nivea (Hoffm.) Fr. | 1906 | Wilson C. B. | Oberlin near Black Swamp |
![]() | Dothiorella Sacc., 1880 | 1910 | Dawson W. | Byesville |
![]() | Taphrina caerulescens (Desm. & Mont.) Tul. | 1912 | Bartenstein T. E. | Warrentown |
![]() | Isoetes muricata Durieu | 1913 | L. S. Hazel M, D.D. Hopkins | Brady's Lake. |
| Apidae | 1916 | not recorded | ||
![]() | Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 | 1916 | not recorded |
All 229 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Washington | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Elizabethtown | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lore City | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Warrentown | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Gibson | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kings Mine | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Brady | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kipling | 4.7 miles | 14 |
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.



























