McKays Corners, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Boardman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44514. It stands on Burgess Run. The Survey maps it on the Youngstown quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
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.
- 1906 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
4 since 2010The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of McKays Corners between 2010 and 2019, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15192 |
| 19 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15195 |
| 10 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15291 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 422 shownMuseums hold 422 specimens collected within 10 miles of McKays Corners between 1853 and 1974: 251 Animalia, 165 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Daugherty, B Withers, B. West 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | Petersburg |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1891 | W. H. Olney | Poland |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1853 | not recorded | Poland, Yellow Creek |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | C. Kirtland | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
All 422 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 McKays Corners: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Slag/ Struthers, Ohio | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Us Steel/ Youngstown, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Bessemer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hillsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Boardman | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| McClurg | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Struthers | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Porters Corners | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Woodworth | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Flint Hill | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| South Side | 3.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122549394 | 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 1043113. 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.



























