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Shawnee, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Salt Lick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43782. It stands on Shawnee Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Straitsville quadrangle. 505 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 853 feet above sea level.

Shawnee within Perry County

Population over time

2 figures

Shawnee fell from 655 to 505 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
2010655
2020505-150 (-23%)

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shawnee, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Shawnee, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

51 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee between 2006 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestDUKES OF HAZZARD
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestTRUCK FIRE
21 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestSTUMP
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1921
13 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestSTONE CHURCH FIRE
13 June 2016Smokingunder an acreWayne National ForestCUNNINGHAM
4 May 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1123
27 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestBARN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 228 shown

Museums hold 228 specimens collected within 10 miles of Shawnee between 1890 and 1975: 178 Animalia, 25 Fungi, 18 Plantae, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Coker W. 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 Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) ArthurPucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur1891W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Phaeoceros carolinianus, not of this specimenPhaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.1890W. C. WernerRendville.
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Anthoceros punctatus, not of this specimenAnthoceros punctatus L.1891not recordedRendville
A photograph of the species Ascocoryne cylichnium, not of this specimenAscocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf1891W. A. Kellerman
Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Callicladium haldanianum, not of this specimenCallicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Hypnum jutlandicum, not of this specimenHypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke1891W. C. WernerRendville
Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst.1891W. A. KellermanRendville

All 228 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shawnee: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast Producer
Kishler Clay PitClayProducer
Nutter Brothers Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms nearby

18 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Shawnee in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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 2015Thunderstorm WindShawnee$15,000Trees were blown down. There was damage to 1 roof and chimney.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindShawnee$5,000Several trees were knocked down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindShawnee$5,000Trees were downed.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindShawnee$5,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindShawnee$4,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindShawnee$3,000Trees and power lines were downed in Shawnee onto State Route 37 and across the southern edge of the county. As a result, many households observed power outages.
June 2019Flash FloodShawnee$2,000Heavy rainfall resulted in high water between Main Street and State Route 93 in the town of Shawnee.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindShawnee$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several large branches and power lines.
June 1996Flash FloodShawnee$2,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindShawnee$500Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree in Shawnee.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindShawnee$200One tree was blown down along Iron Point Road near Shawnee.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindShawnee-Several trees fell across roads.
June 2014HailShawnee-no account filed
April 2013HailShawnee-no account filed
February 2008Thunderstorm WindShawnee-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindShawnee-no account filed
June 2002HailShawnee-no account filed
April 1996HailShawnee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Straitsville1.9 miles15
McCuneville2.1 miles14
New Straitsville2.3 miles15
Greeleyville2.4 miles14
Sulphur Springs2.4 miles15
Carrington2.5 miles15
Ludington2.8 miles15
Hemlock3.2 miles15

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 ShawneeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2383206The 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 1076869. 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.