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Goshen, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Goshen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44663. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Philadelphia quadrangle.

Goshen within Tuscarawas 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 Goshen, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Goshen, surveyed 1909

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

22 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Goshen between 2005 and 2020, burning about 50 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15776
20 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4905
9 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4708
16 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4727
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13085

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 568 shown

Museums hold 568 specimens collected within 10 miles of Goshen between 1851 and 1973: 462 Animalia, 89 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cibula, A. Cobula, A. Perry 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 Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 18951894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896Pisidium fallax Sterki, 18961894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 18581895G. Marstonfrom spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki)
A photograph of the species Amelanchier arborea, not of this specimenAmelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Anemone canadensis, not of this specimenAnemone canadensis L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Cardamine douglassii, not of this specimenCardamine douglassii Britton1851Wolle, J.Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Conopholis americana, not of this specimenConopholis americana (L.) Wallr.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover?]
A photograph of the species Delphinium tricorne, not of this specimenDelphinium tricorne Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1851Wolle, J.Canal Dover
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Tuscarawa City
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum virginianum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum virginianum L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Silene virginica, not of this specimenSilene virginica L.1851Wolle, J.Canal Downs [Canal Dover]

All 568 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Goshen: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Arrow Head PitClay, CoalProducer
Black Hawk MineClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant Number 5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Midvale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spring PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stewart and Reichman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay MineClayProducer
Evans Clay Products, Inc. MillClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas County

Storms nearby

4 since 2018

The National Weather Service names Goshen in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGoshen$5,000Trees were reported to be uprooted and snapped.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGoshen$2,000Emergency manager reported trees down along Route 416.
July 2023Flash FloodGoshen-State Route 416 was closed near County Road 259 due to high water.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGoshen-Law enforcement reported trees down near the intersection of State Route 416 and 259.

Every storm recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Brightwood0.9 miles15
Schoenbrunn1.4 miles15
Royal Lane Park1.8 miles15
Midvale2.0 miles16
Wainwright2.0 miles15
Barnhill2.2 miles16
Schoenbrunn Estates2.4 miles15
Three Legs Town (historical)2.4 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 GoshenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133780The 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 1062787. 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.