Layland, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44637. It stands on Big Run. The Survey maps it on the Killbuck quadrangle.
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
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.
- 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
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Killbuck quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Killbuck quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Killbuck quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Killbuck quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Killbuck quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Killbuck quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
8 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Layland between 2005 and 2018, burning about 59 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11025 |
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 881 |
| 18 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 November 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 623 shownMuseums hold 623 specimens collected within 10 miles of Layland between 1846 and 1974: 507 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albaugh, W. F., Baumgartner, L., Breiding, G. (George) & Fellow, L. (Long) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray | 1898 | Wetzstein, A. | Rich woods, New Bremen. |
![]() | Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu | 1846 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1898 | Williamson, E. B. | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Angelica venenosa (Greenway) Fernald | 1913 | Hopkins, L.S. | Keene |
![]() | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Killbuck Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Bethlehem Twp |
![]() | Chrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 1857 | 1929 | Hine, D. (Dorothy) | Warsaw, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Walhonding R., NW Newcastle Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding River, Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Walhonding River, trib. of Muskingon River, center of Jefferson Twp. |
All 623 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Layland: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.R.Rice Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Huninger Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2011The National Weather Service names Layland in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Layland | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down south of Millersville. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Layland | $5,000 | The Department of Highways reported one lane of SR 60 closed due to high water. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Layland | $2,000 | Law enforcement reports that State Route 60 remains flooded and closed. |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Layland | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blissfield | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Helmick | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Clark | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Metham | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Mountain | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| New Princeton | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Warsaw | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| White Womans Town (historical) | 7.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048911. 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.




























