Keno, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45743. It stands on East Branch Shade River. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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
15 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.
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
32 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Keno between 1993 and 2020, burning about 124 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1442 |
| 25 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7825 |
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7831 |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 754 |
| 27 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 374 shownMuseums hold 374 specimens collected within 10 miles of Keno between 1831 and 1973: 333 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by BRYAN, C R; BRYAN, B A, C. H. Jones, Carroll H. D. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass. | 1899 | Kellerman, W. A. | FLORA OF OHIO |
![]() | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1940 | Carroll, G. | Big Spruce Creek |
![]() | Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Myosotis laxa Lehm. | 1831 | C. H. Jones | Orange Twp. |
![]() | Asplenium trichomanes L. | 1840 | Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John Leonard | Meigs County, Ohio |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | In woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden |
![]() | Helminthosporium turcicum Pass. | 1906 | Carroll H. D. | Bull Run |
![]() | Isariopsis griseola Sacc. | 1906 | Carroll H. D. | Bull Run |
![]() | Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC. | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ohio River R. R. Foster's Siding |
![]() | Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Link | 1906 | Carroll H. D. | Bull Run |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
![]() | Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portland, Buffington Island |
All 374 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2024The National Weather Service names Keno in 1 storm report between 2024 and 2024: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Flood | Keno | - | The Shade River gage near Chester exceeded its bankfull level of 16 feet on the morning of January 28th. The river crested just over 17 feet that afternoon, then gradually lowered below bankfull once again early the next morning. Flooding occurred along Scout Camp Creek Road and at the Sugar Run Creek Bridge. Fields adjacent to the river also flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayal (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Success | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chester | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Long Bottom | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shade River | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bashan | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sumner | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hazael | 4.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1066781. 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.
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.


























