Pigtown, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44615. It stands on Friday Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 84 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
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.
- 1910 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Carrollton 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
- 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
19 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Pigtown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 56 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15271 |
| 27 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5385 |
| 1 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
| 17 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11625 |
| 11 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | RAVEN ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 268 shownMuseums hold 268 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pigtown between 1929 and 1975: 194 Animalia, 73 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.W. Cusick, Allen, E. J., Ash, G. (Gail), Buchanan, F. W. (Forrest W.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Indian Fork, Monroe Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
![]() | Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Carroll Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 1938 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
| Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio | |
![]() | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
| Pseudotriton ruber ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio | |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana sylvatica LeConte, 1825 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio |
All 268 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pigtown: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I J Smith Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Puskarich Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | Producer | ||
| Puskarick Limestone Div. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Hall | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rolling Meadow Acres | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Carrollton | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Toots Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Becki Lynn Court | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Carroll View Terrace | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Heritage Hills | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Waterloo | 3.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049081. 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.

























