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Stone Creek, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43840. It lies in Angel Valley. The Survey maps it on the Stone Creek quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStone Creek fell from 177 to 153 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 177 | |
| 2020 | 153 | -24 (-14%) |
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1911 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Stone Creek quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,907 words on this townshipThe History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
One continuous sweep of high and rolling hills is the characteristic feature of Jefferson's topography. Stone Creek is the principal stream, though its banks can anywhere in the township be overstepped at a single bound. It takes its source in the southwestern part of the township and threads its way in a northeasterly course into York Township. Old Town Creek is the next stream in importance. Its origin is in the southern part of the township, and its course is east of and parallel with Stone Creek. Buckhorn and Evans' Creeks rise in the southern part of the township, and flow southward. These streams, with their numerous little tributaries penetrate the township in all directions, a id are usually accompanied by beautiful but narrow little valleys which break the monotony of the hills and afford the township many level roads. The Cleveland & Marietta Railroad crosses the township from north to south. It ascends Stone Creek Valley, and a mile south of Phillipsburg crosses the ridge to Buckhorn Valley through a tunnel 900 feet long.
Passage source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884.
A few weeks after the advent of the Hawk family, Daniel Ridenour remowd with his family from Jefferson County, Ohio, and settled in Stone Creek Valloy, in the southern part of Section 18. He was of German parentage and of Pennsylvania birth. He was a blacksmith, and the first to pursue that avocation here, having time, in connection with his farm labors, to attend to the few blacksmitbing needs of his neighbors. He reared a large family, and was by faith a Lutheran and a Democrat. Later in life, Mr. Ridenour moved to Evans Creek, and there passed the remainder of his days.
Passage source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884.
John Hawk erected the first and only water saw-mill in the township. It was located on Stone Creek, in the northwest quarter of Section 18, and was built about 1835. The mill supplied the surrounding farmers with what little lumber they required, and was operated whenever the water supply was sufficient until Mr. Hawk's death in 1860. Philip Dotts built a log grist mill on his farm, on the west branch of Stone Creek, where for years both com and wheat were pulverized between the rude mill-stones to a tolerable fineness for meal.
Passage source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Jefferson Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
11 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Stone Creek between 2014 and 2020, burning about 16 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1087 |
| 21 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 486 |
| 1 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15432 |
| 28 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16052 |
| 28 November 2017 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9347 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 457 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 457 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stone Creek between 1851 and 1973: 378 Animalia, 63 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cobula, A. Perry, Allen, John 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895 | 1894 | G. Marston | Tuscarawas River, New Philadelphia |
 | Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896 | 1894 | G. Marston | Tuscarawas River, New Philadelphia |
 | Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858 | 1895 | G. Marston | from spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki) |
 | Amelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
 | Anemone canadensis L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
 | Cardamine douglassii Britton | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover] |
 | Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover?] |
 | Delphinium tricorne Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
 | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Dover |
 | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Tuscarawa City |
 | Hydrophyllum virginianum L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
 | Silene virginica L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Downs [Canal Dover] |
All 457 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stone Creek: 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Port Washington Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stone Creek Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| George Meuhlhooffer Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jessie Simmon Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Walter Harmon Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stone Creek in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $75,000 | A storm survey team estimated that winds up to 120mph occurred in the vicinity of Leonhard Hill Road and Millers Ridge Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $50,000 | Report of 20 plus trees down, twisted electric poles, and down power lines. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $50,000 | Widespread wind damage was reported across the town of Stone Creek. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $25,000 | A few trees down on Stone Creek Road, including on a vehicle with 2 trapped occupants. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down on Cemetery Hill Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $5,000 | County 911 officials stated that trees and wires were blown down along Stone Creek Road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $5,000 | Trees down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $2,000 | The 911 Call Center reported a tree down on I-77. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $2,000 | Department of Highways reported trees down along Williams Lake Road. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $2,000 | A few trees were downed, including a tree and large branches onto a county road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $1,000 | Trees down along I-77, south of Stone Creek, OH. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $1,000 | Department of Highways reported trees down along Buckhorn Road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | $500 | County official reported a tree down on I-77 near mile marker 74. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Stone Creek | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Stone Creek | - | Flooding was reported along Buehler Road. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Stone Creek | - | Rocky Ridge Road was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | - | A few trees down along Millers Ridge Road, southeast of Stone Creek, OH. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Creek | - | A storm survey team estimated that winds up to 120mph occurred in the vicinity of Schupps Hill Road and Bueheller Hill Road. |
| November 2022 | Heavy Rain | Stone Creek | - | A total of 2.60 inches of rain was reported. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stone Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Stone Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Stone Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackband | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Yorktown | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Joyce | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ragersville | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wolf | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Port Washington | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fiat | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Old Town | 6.1 miles | 15 |
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 Stone Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q389046 | The 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 1058048. 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.