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Smoky Corners, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45660. It stands on Potato Knob. The Survey maps it on the Byington quadrangle.

Smoky Corners within Adams County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smoky Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Smoky Corners, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 1900 county history

821 words on this township

The county history of 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Franklin Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Franklin Township - 821 words.

Fires nearby

20 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Smoky Corners between 2004 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning6
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2007Natural1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2007Natural3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15796
5 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources719
24 April 2008Arson/incendiarism47 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2014Debris and open burning2.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 756 shown

Museums hold 756 specimens collected within 10 miles of Smoky Corners between 1892 and 1971: 386 Fungi, 242 Plantae, 112 Animalia, 16 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Braun, A. J. Sharp, Bartley, F. 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 Apiosporina collinsii (Schwein.) Höhn.Apiosporina collinsii (Schwein.) Höhn.1900W.A. KellermanMineral Springs
Specimen of Anchylopera brauni Heinrich, 1931Anchylopera brauni Heinrich, 19311927[Not Stated]Beaver Pond
Specimen of Corticium ermineum BurtCorticium ermineum Burt1930Hoskins, John HobartNear Beaver Pond
A photograph of the species Stigmella platani, not of this specimenStigmella platani Fuckel1892Kellerman W. A.Mineral Springs
A photograph of the species Phyllachora graminis, not of this specimenPhyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel1900Kern W. A.Mineral Springs
A photograph of the species Puccinia smilacis, not of this specimenPuccinia smilacis Schwein.1900W. A. KellermanMineral Springs
A photograph of the species Baeomyces byssoides, not of this specimenBaeomyces byssoides (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1925Muegel, Harry R.Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge
A photograph of the species Cladonia amaurocraea, not of this specimenCladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaer.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
A photograph of the species Cladonia cristatella, not of this specimenCladonia cristatella Tuck.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
Cladonia uncialis (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
Parmelia Acharius, 18031925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge

All 756 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Locust Grove2.6 miles13
Bacon Flat4.2 miles14
Grooms4.3 miles17
Marble Furnace4.9 miles13
Pine Gap5.0 miles14
Louden5.1 miles16
Peebles5.7 miles13
Beaver Pond5.7 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.

Wikidata item Q122560994The 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 1063024. 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.