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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.

Keene within Coshocton County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Keene, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Keene, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

17 since 2003

The 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 April 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10466
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11025
21 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15565
19 April 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources962

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,413 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.1942ModenkeWhite Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1942H. MoldenkeCoshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) LloydCalvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd1942H. MoldenkeCoshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton
A photograph of the species Tortula obtusifolia, not of this specimenTortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu1846W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Empidonax virescens, not of this specimenEmpidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)1898Williamson, E. B.Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Hemistena lata, not of this specimenHemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton

All 1,413 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Apache No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Boyd Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Boyd Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Coshocton County

Storms nearby

8 since 1995

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Flash FloodKeene$10,000Numerous roads flooded in townships north of Coshocton, including Keene. Route 83 near Mill Creek was flooded.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKeene$5,000Trained spotter reported trees down across portions of northwest Coshocton county.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindKeene$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindKeene$1,000Two large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindKeene-A citizen reported a tree down near State Route 83.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindKeene-A few trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 1998HailKeene-no account filed
June 1996HailKeene-no account filed

Every storm 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
Edgewood Terrace3.5 miles16
Canal Lewisville3.6 miles16
Munsville (historical)3.6 miles16
White Womans Town (historical)4.0 miles16
Randle4.1 miles16
Roscoe4.7 miles16
Helmick5.0 miles17
Coshocton5.1 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 KeeneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6382885The 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.