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Elkton, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Elkrun Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44432. It stands on Elk Run. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle.

Elkton within Columbiana County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Elkton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Elkton, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

34 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Elkton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 38 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15273
3 June 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5006
4 May 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1741
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources866
4 April 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2016Smoking3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4667
14 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 686 shown

Museums hold 686 specimens collected within 10 miles of Elkton between 1899 and 1975: 473 Animalia, 181 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Albert Peyron, Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.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 Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) MurrillIrpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill1917OverholtsW. Elkton
Specimen of Polyporus galactinus Berk.Polyporus galactinus Berk.1917OverholtsW. Elkton
A photograph of the species Plantago rugelii, not of this specimenPlantago rugelii Decne.1899Shafer, J.A.Lisbon
A photograph of the species Bromus tectorum, not of this specimenBromus tectorum L.1900Medsger, O.P.Leetonia
A photograph of the species Gentiana crinita, not of this specimenGentiana crinita Froel.1900Urdeger, O.P.Near L?ertonia
A photograph of the species Alnus serrulata, not of this specimenAlnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.1901Miller, J.Rough Run, Near Clarkson , Ohio.
A photograph of the species Antennaria plantaginifolia, not of this specimenAntennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Hook.1901Miller, J.Clarkson
A photograph of the species Clinostomus elongatus, not of this specimenClinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840)1901United States Bureau of FisheriesOhio, Cold Run, Columbiana County
A photograph of the species Epigaea repens, not of this specimenEpigaea repens L.1901Miller, J.Clarkson
A photograph of the species Hetaerina americana, not of this specimenHetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798)1901E. B. WilliamsonClarkson
Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1901E. WilliamsonMiddle fork Little Beaver, Mahominy County, Ohio

All 686 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Elkton: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Adams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huffman Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Huffman Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana County

Storms nearby

7 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Elkton in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2003Flash FloodElkton$100,000Route 154 flooded near Elkton.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindElkton$25,000Multiple trees were reported down in the area. One was reported on a roadway, including a burning power line.
May 2011FloodElkton$10,000Ohio state official reports that route 154 is closed due to flooding.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindElkton$5,000Downed trees caused County Road 154 to be closed.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindElkton$5,000Local 911 reported trees down in Elk Run Township.
December 1996Flash FloodElkton-no account filed
December 1996Flash FloodElkton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbiana 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
Newhouse (historical)1.7 miles15
Saratoga (historical)2.3 miles15
Jordanville3.1 miles15
Signal3.3 miles15
West Point3.7 miles20
Middle Beaver (historical)3.7 miles20
Lisbon3.7 miles15
Williamsport4.2 miles20

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 ElktonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5364426The 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 1064610. 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.