Palermo, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44615. It stands on Semple Run. The Survey maps it on the Bowerston quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 92 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
13 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.
- 1902 USGS Scio quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Scio 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 Bowerston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bowerston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Bowerston quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Bowerston quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
17 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Palermo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4986 |
| 3 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14525 |
| 1 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 159 shownMuseums hold 159 specimens collected within 10 miles of Palermo between 1905 and 1975: 149 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, E. J., Bolin, F. (Frank), Bolin, F. A. (Franklin A.) 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 spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt | 1970 | Jones, G.T. | moist wooded river valley west of Leesville |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1905 | Ortmann, Arnold E | New Hagerstown |
![]() | Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1905 | Ortmann, A.E. | Bowerston |
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1905 | Ortmann, Arnold E | New Hagerstown |
![]() | Pleurotus ulmarius (Bull.) P.Kumm. | 1927 | not recorded | Bowerston |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Conotton Creek, within Warren township, near Roswell, Warren township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Conotton Creek tributary, within Orange township, near Leesville, Orange township |
![]() | Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Conotton Creek tributary, at Sherrodsville, ~0.4 mi SW of Sherrodsville, Orange township |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Conotton Creek, trib of the Tuscarawas River at jct of Conotton & McGuire Creeks, Orange Twp |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Conotton Creek, within Warren township, near Roswell, Warren township |
![]() | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Conotton Creek, trib of the Tuscarawas River at jct of Conotton & McGuire Creeks, Orange Twp |
![]() | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Indian Fork, within Monroe township, near Dellroy, Monroe township |
All 159 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 Palermo: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conotton Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Conotton Valley Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 1999The National Weather Service names Palermo in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Palermo | $150,000 | Emergency management reported water flowing out of the spillway from Stoney Creek Dam and flooding McGuire Creek down to Leesville lake. SR 37 and East Side drive were washed out in spots. Sand and gravel were washed into basement of one home. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palermo | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Palermo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palermo-on-the-Lakes | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Rockwood Park | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Grampian Hills | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Piney View | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeshore Park | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Glens Cottage Area | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Leesville Glens | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Thornhill | 2.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062929. 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.
























