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Toronto, Ohio

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Knox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43964. It stands on Myers Knob. The Survey maps it on the Weirton quadrangle. 5,303 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Toronto within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Toronto grew from 5,091 to 5,303 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
20105,091
20205,303+212 (+4%)

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Toronto, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Toronto, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

24 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

12 since 1995

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Toronto between 1995 and 2017, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryPOLK STREET
28 April 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryPINE LANE
28 April 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCHERRY LAKE
7 March 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryNEW CUMBERLAND CEM
23 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources622
19 March 2003Smokingunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryNEW CUMBERLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 370 shown

Museums hold 370 specimens collected within 10 miles of Toronto between 1836 and 1973: 188 Plantae, 154 Animalia, 28 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A.W. Cusick, Acker, G. 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 Vitis aestivalis Michx.Vitis aestivalis Michx.1836Jewett
Specimen of Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813Catocala amatrix Hübner, 18131941not recordedSteubenville, Union Cemetery
Specimen of Catocala epione Drury, 1773Catocala epione Drury, 17731941not recordedRichmond, Jefferson State Park
A photograph of the species Carex hirsutella, not of this specimenCarex hirsutella Mack.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium latifolium, not of this specimenDichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, not of this specimenDichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Elymus hystrix, not of this specimenElymus hystrix L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1877Guttenberg, G.near Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum mutilum, not of this specimenHypericum mutilum L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum punctatum, not of this specimenHypericum punctatum Lam.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Luzula echinata, not of this specimenLuzula echinata (Small) F.J.Herm.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville

All 370 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 Toronto: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Deep Run Plant--Cresent Brick CoFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hardin Run Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hardin Run Clay MineClayProducer
Kaul Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms nearby

19 since 1995

The National Weather Service names Toronto in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindToronto$75,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindToronto$25,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down. One mobile home knocked off its foundation; 5 others damaged by falling trees and wind.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindToronto$20,000Trees and power lines blown down throughout the county, causing 560 customers to lose electricity.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindToronto$10,000Trees were reported to be blown down near Toronto.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindToronto$5,000The broadcast media reported that several trees were uprooted and that part of a roof was blown off of a house in Toronto.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindToronto$3,000Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindToronto$1,000Report of a large tree down on Titanium Way.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindToronto$1,000State official reported trees down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindToronto$1,000Large trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindToronto$1,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Adena. A tree fell across power lines in Toronto. Large limbs were also downed.
July 2019HailToronto-A trained spotter reported hail of 1.25 inches in size.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindToronto-A local 911 call center reported multiple trees and wires down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindToronto-Trees reported down on Route 7 by EMA.
April 2025HailToronto-no account filed
August 2015HailToronto-no account filed
July 2013HailToronto-no account filed
May 2004HailToronto-no account filed
April 2002HailToronto-no account filed
June 1998HailToronto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Fairview Heights0.9 miles24
Calumet1.3 miles24
Markle1.3 miles24
Wallace Heights1.6 miles23
Ridgeland1.9 miles23
Shady Glen2.3 miles23
Costonia2.7 miles24
Taylortown3.0 miles23

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 TorontoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q736775The 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 1061699. 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.