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Smoketown, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bethlehem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44608. The Survey maps it on the Navarre quadrangle.

Smoketown within Stark County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smoketown, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Smoketown, surveyed 1914

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.

In the 1881 county history

358,609 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bethlehem Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bethlehem Township - 358,609 words.

Fires nearby

7 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Smoketown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6 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 burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8606
21 April 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1002
16 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2018Debris and open burning1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11645
20 March 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15013
23 February 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15426

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 101 shown

Museums hold 101 specimens collected within 10 miles of Smoketown between 1875 and 1975: 92 Animalia, 5 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Borror, D.J., Bruce Fink 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 Gloeosporium venetum Speg.Gloeosporium venetum Speg.1890J.T. Rice
Specimen of unnamed1907Bruce Fink
Specimen of Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872Catocala flebilis Grote, 18721940not recordedNavarre
A photograph of the species Theliderma metanevra, not of this specimenTheliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)1875Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Epioblasma triquetra, not of this specimenEpioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Lampsilis cardium, not of this specimenLampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 18201895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City

All 101 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Smoketown: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Black Hawk MineClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
County Line Sr 212 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Navarre PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Navarre Pit Mass. Washed GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stark 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
Rockville2.0 miles18
Bixler (historical)2.5 miles16
Beach City2.6 miles18
Harmon2.8 miles18
Justus3.1 miles18
Navarre3.7 miles18
Plainsburg (historical)3.9 miles18
Park Heights3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063023. 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.