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Etna, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Etna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43018. The Survey maps it on the Pataskala quadrangle. 1,209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.

Etna within Licking County

Population over time

2 figures

Etna fell from 1,215 to 1,209 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,215
20201,209-6 (-0%)

Then and now

1907 to 1992

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 Etna, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Etna, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

7 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Etna between 2009 and 2020, burning about 3 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
6 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15770
11 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15748
28 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15730
9 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 October 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15838

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Licking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 618 shown

Museums hold 618 specimens collected within 10 miles of Etna between 1890 and 1975: 587 Animalia, 27 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Elliott, C.C. Green, Cavender, T. M. (Ted 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Puccinia seymeriae, not of this specimenPuccinia seymeriae Burrill1890not recordedAlexandria
A photograph of the species Gibberella saubinetii, not of this specimenGibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc.1894not recordedAlexandria
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium globosum, not of this specimenGymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.1902Kelsey F. D.Lakeside
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1902Kelsey F. D.Lakeside
Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary1902Kelsey F. D.Lakeside
A photograph of the species Tabanus trimaculatus, not of this specimenTabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 18061946Edw S ThomasAsh Cave
A photograph of the species Thuidium delicatulum, not of this specimenThuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1950L. J. GierWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1975Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al.S Fk Licking River, Beaver Run on TR 35 about 0.4 mi W of SR 37.
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)1975Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) & Lea, C. (Carol)S.Fk.Licking River, Bell Run; Br. on TR 35 about 1.5 mi W of SR 37
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1975Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al.S Fk Licking River, Beaver Run on TR 35 about 0.4 mi W of SR 37.
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651975Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) & Lea, C. (Carol)S.Fk.Licking River, Bell Run; Br. on TR 35 about 1.5 mi W of SR 37
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus Gmelin, 17891975Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) & Lea, C. (Carol)S. Fk. Licking River, Bell Run on I-70 about 0.2mi W of SR 37

All 618 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 Etna: 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
Abel Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Licking County

Storms nearby

7 since 2013

The National Weather Service names Etna in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEtna$20,000Numerous trees were knocked down, along with a few windows blown out. A few homes also experienced roof damage.
February 2023Tornado (EF0)Etna$10,000A brief tornado occurred along Watkins Road SW, between Interstate 70 and US Route 40. Damage was very localized and consisted mostly of snapped or uprooted softwood trees. Despite the lack of numerous damage indicators, several trees were uprooted in a cross-directional orientation, nearly perpendicular to the direction of the tornado's movement northeast. These trees, in combination with low elevation radar data from the TCMH Terminal Doppler Radar, provided enough evidence to support the determination of a tornado. Any damage further to the southwest or northeast of the|damage on Watkins Road SW was either minimal or inconsistent to extend the track for this tornado.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEtna$5,000Large tree branches were downed. Several power poles were broken.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEtna$4,000Multiple large, heathy trees were downed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEtna$1,000A tree was downed on Refugee Road near Liberty Christian Academy.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindEtna$1,000Large limbs were reported down near Etna due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2017Flash FloodEtna-Sycamore Creek near Etna was reported out of its bank.

Every storm recorded in Licking 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
Wagram2.6 miles13
Pataskala2.7 miles13
Columbia Center2.9 miles13
Fursville3.7 miles10
Happy Homes4.1 miles11
Sunshine Park4.4 miles11
Kirkersville4.6 miles11
Summit Station4.6 miles16

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 EtnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5404670The 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 1040239. 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.