Keene, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Keene Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43812. It stands on Turkey Run. The Survey maps it on the Coshocton quadrangle. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 81 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.
- 1913 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Coshocton 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 Coshocton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
17 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Keene between 2003 and 2020, burning about 27 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10466 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11025 |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15565 |
| 19 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 962 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,413 shownMuseums hold 1,413 specimens collected within 10 miles of Keene between 1846 and 1974: 673 Animalia, 611 Plantae, 119 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk. | 1942 | Modenke | White Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed |
![]() | Bulgaria rufa Schwein. | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed |
![]() | Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton |
![]() | Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu | 1846 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1898 | Williamson, E. B. | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
All 1,413 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 Keene: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache No. 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Boyd Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boyd Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Number 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
8 since 1995The National Weather Service names Keene in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Keene | $10,000 | Numerous roads flooded in townships north of Coshocton, including Keene. Route 83 near Mill Creek was flooded. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported trees down across portions of northwest Coshocton county. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $1,000 | Two large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | - | A citizen reported a tree down near State Route 83. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | - | A few trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Keene | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Terrace | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Canal Lewisville | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Munsville (historical) | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| White Womans Town (historical) | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Randle | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Roscoe | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Helmick | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Coshocton | 5.1 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 Keene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6382885 | 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 1064920. 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.



























