Kanauga, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Gallipolis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45631. It stands on George Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gallipolis quadrangle. 185 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 571 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKanauga grew from 175 to 185 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 175 | |
| 2020 | 185 | +10 (+6%) |
Then and now
1908 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 73 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
16 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.
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
54 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Kanauga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 were 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 burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | REDMOND RIDGE ROAD |
| 9 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WHITE RD. |
| 17 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PRIVATE FARM RD |
| 15 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | KRODEL POND |
| 22 June 1999 | Fireworks | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PT. PLEASANT |
| 9 April 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PUMPKIN RUN |
| 8 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PUMPKIN RUN |
| 7 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RT. 2 & 62 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 334 shownMuseums hold 334 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kanauga between 1862 and 1973: 160 Animalia, 118 Fungi, 42 Plantae, 12 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer, W. A., Babcocks D. O., C. Gilbert & J. Henshall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Carex communis var. communis | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Cheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Moxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Near Gallipolis, Racoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis blennius (Girard, 1856) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Percina copelandi (Jordan, 1877) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis (Pers.) Lév. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces trifolii (R.Hedw.) Lév., 1847 | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
All 334 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kanauga: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eppling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt Epling Gallipolis Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2018The National Weather Service names Kanauga in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanauga | $250 | Several trees were blown down near the Silver Memorial Bridge. |
| October 2018 | Hail | Kanauga | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmore Heights | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mapleshade | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Addison | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tara Estates | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Grandview Estates | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lawnview | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Westbrook Village | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hanersville | 3.6 miles | 16 |
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 Kanauga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5957849 | 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 1076164. 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.

























