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Racine, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sutton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45771. It stands on Yellowbush Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Haven quadrangle. 683 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.

Racine within Meigs County

Population over time

2 figures

Racine grew from 675 to 683 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010675
2020683+8 (+1%)

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Racine, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Racine, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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

45 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Racine between 1992 and 2019, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryGRAHAM STATION
2 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1761
10 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestrySUPPER CLUB RD.
3 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1701
12 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5365
4 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14645
1 July 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryLAYNE STREET
4 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13605

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 352 shown

Museums hold 352 specimens collected within 10 miles of Racine between 1840 and 1973: 255 Animalia, 52 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., Blankenbaker, et al., C. H. Jones 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 Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1940Carroll, G.Big Spruce Creek
Specimen of Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) FéePhegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée1945Cooke, V.Ravenswood
Specimen of Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) AlexanderOdontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander1963William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimenAsplenium trichomanes L.1840Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John LeonardMeigs County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. SullivantIn woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme, not of this specimenGymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Leptostroma quercinum, not of this specimenLeptostroma quercinum Lasch1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Lophodermium arundinaceum, not of this specimenLophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Mycosphaerella fraxinicola, not of this specimenMycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Septoria E.M.Fries, not of this specimenSeptoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Stegophora ulmea, not of this specimenStegophora ulmea (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill

All 352 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Racine: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Aluminum. 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
Foote Mineral Co--Graham, W.Va.ChromiumPast Producer
Foote Mineral Co--New Haven, W.Va.AluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Meigs County

Storms nearby

8 since 2006

The National Weather Service names Racine in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindRacine$175,000The village building was damaged along with trees being blown down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindRacine$15,000Along the Ohio River near Bowmans Run, a section of a roof was flipped off and tossed into some trees. Corrugated metal and gutters with some homes were damaged.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRacine$3,000In the town of Racine, several trees were blown onto power lines.
July 2016Flash FloodRacine$1,000Minor flash flooding occurred in the Racine area. The 911 center reported that a few portions of Tornado Road were blocked off due to water over the roadway. There was also a public call that reported up to 8 inches of water covering Elm Street near the Home National Bank and gas station across the street.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRacine-Several trees and large limbs were knocked down in Racine.
February 2026HailRacine-no account filed
July 2023HailRacine-no account filed
June 2006HailRacine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meigs 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
Dorcas1.3 miles18
Condeville1.4 miles18
Oakgrove (historical)1.4 miles18
Antiquity1.7 miles18
Morning Star3.5 miles14
Syracuse3.7 miles18
Plants4.0 miles18
Nease Settlement4.1 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on RacineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2454935The 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 1066914. 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.