Steam Corners, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44904. The Survey maps it on the Blooming Grove quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Shauck quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Shauck quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Blooming Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Blooming Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Blooming Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Blooming Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 79 shownMuseums hold 79 specimens collected within 10 miles of Steam Corners between 1920 and 1971: 78 Animalia, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. G. Lloyd, Cavender, T. M. (Ted M.), Gelfellen, M. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypoxylon glomeratum Cooke | 1920 | C. G. Lloyd | ||
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1944 | Rausch, R. (Robert) | near Richland Co. line, Troy Twp., Morrow Co., Ohio |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Boleosoma nigrum nigrum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
![]() | Hyborhynchus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1945 | Gelfellen, M. | East Branch Whetstone Creek, at TR 76, 3.75 miles NNE of Mount Gilead OH, Washington/Congress Township |
All 79 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
4 since 2012The National Weather Service names Steam Corners in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Corners | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Corners | - | Roof was blown off of a trailer and a transformer fell onto another trailer about four-miles WNW of Lexington in Morrow County, near the Richland County line. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Corners | - | Several trees downed in Steam Corners area. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Steam Corners | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jugs Corners | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kings Corners | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Blooming Grove | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Shauck | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Jackson | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| North Woodbury | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kellker (historical) | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| West Point | 7.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065379. 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.
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.
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.























