Howenstine, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44626. The Survey maps it on the Waynesburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 82 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.
- 1912 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Dover 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
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
In the 1881 county history
743 words on this townshipThe county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pike Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Pike Township - 743 words.
Fires nearby
6 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Howenstine between 2005 and 2019, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11646 |
| 29 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15136 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 351 shownMuseums hold 351 specimens collected within 10 miles of Howenstine between 1836 and 1975: 301 Animalia, 39 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M. Rogers, Anson A. Hinkley, Antonio, T. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | unnamed | 1907 | Bruce Fink | |
![]() | Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872 | 1940 | not recorded | Navarre |
![]() | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | 1836 | Collector unknown | Canton |
![]() | Carex intumescens Rudge | 1836 | Collector unknown | Canton |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1875 | not recorded | No specific locality recorded. |
![]() | Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | not recorded | Canton |
![]() | Melospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Picoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
All 351 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Howenstine: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stark Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| D and M Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Stark Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| D and M Clay and Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Romaay Pits | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Romany Plant & Pits | Clay | Plant | ||
| Suzie Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suzie Strip Mine Clay and Shale Pit | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Industry | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Battlesburg | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hardscrabble (historical) | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fohl Village | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Moreland | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Orchard Heights | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| East Sparta | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Industrial Heights | 3.8 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122596618 | The 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 1061129. 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.




























