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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Powell, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43824. It lies in Progressive Valley. The Survey maps it on the Fresno quadrangle.

Powell within Coshocton County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Powell, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Powell, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

24 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Powell between 2005 and 2019, burning about 99 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources9248
6 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11566
20 April 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2014Debris and open burning15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources961
13 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15183

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 875 shown

Museums hold 875 specimens collected within 10 miles of Powell between 1892 and 1974: 586 Plantae, 192 Animalia, 88 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Barnes, R.C. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.1942ModenkeWhite Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1942H. MoldenkeCoshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) LloydCalvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd1942H. MoldenkeCoshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Hemistena lata, not of this specimenHemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Lampsilis fasciola, not of this specimenLampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 18201903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton

All 875 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Powell: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Newcomerstown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Spring Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wentz Concrete & Supply PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Coshocton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Orange1.6 miles16
Fresno2.8 miles16
Riverview Estates2.9 miles16
Isleta2.9 miles16
Village Court3.2 miles16
West Lafayette3.4 miles16
Fairview Manor3.4 miles16
Flat Iron Corner3.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1044731. 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.