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Graham Corners, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43821. It lies near Graham Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Trinway quadrangle.

Graham Corners within Coshocton County

Then and now

1910 to 1966

The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Graham Corners, surveyed 1966
Topographic sheet of Graham Corners, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed 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 county-history sources

6,143 words on this township

Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876; Historical of Coshocton County Ohio, published 1876; History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881; History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 6,143 words.

Fires near this place

30 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Graham Corners between 2014 and 2020, burning about 122 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9047
7 July 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5226
12 June 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15744
19 May 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8307
16 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8306
16 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8625
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11168
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11166

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 146 specimens collected within 10 miles of Graham Corners between 1924 and 1972: 140 Animalia, 5 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Baumgartner, Binning, M. B., D M SEVER 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 Celastrina ladon, not of this specimenCelastrina ladon (Cramer, 1782)1924Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Bedford Twp., Coshocton Co., OH
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township
A photograph of the species Notophthalmus viridescens, not of this specimenNotophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Near Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Dichostereum effuscatum, not of this specimenDichostereum effuscatum (Cooke & Ellis) Boidin & Lanq.1931E. B. Mains
Synchytrium aecidioides Lagerh.1931Mains, E. B.Adams Mills
A photograph of the species Synchytrium decipiens, not of this specimenSynchytrium decipiens (Farl.) Farl.1931E.B. MainsAdams Mills
A photograph of the species Ambystoma maculatum, not of this specimenAmbystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)1932Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Handel, G. (George)Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Elaphe obsoleta, not of this specimenElaphe obsoleta obsoleta1932Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Handel, G. (George)Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea longicauda, not of this specimenEurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818)1932Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Handel, G. (George)Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, not of this specimenGyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)1932Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Haxdel, G. H.Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon glutinosus, not of this specimenPlethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818)1932Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Handel, G. (George)Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio

All 146 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Graham Corners: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Frazeysburg PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Frazeysburg PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Coshocton 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
Wakatomika2.3 miles11
Cooperdale2.6 miles11
West Carlisle3.3 miles11
West Bedford5.0 miles11
Tunnel Hill5.1 miles11
New Moscow6.4 miles14
Pleasantville (historical)7.3 miles14
Tyrone7.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062790. 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.