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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Vanatta, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43055. It stands on Clear Fork Licking River. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle.

Vanatta within Licking County

Then and now

1909 to 1966

The same ground, surveyed 57 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vanatta, surveyed 1966
Topographic sheet of Vanatta, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

3 since 2016

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Vanatta between 2016 and 2020, burning about 5 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 burning3

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
30 March 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4065
17 February 2017Debris and open burning3.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources6865
10 November 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15953

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Licking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,144 shown

Museums hold 2,144 specimens collected within 10 miles of Vanatta between 1853 and 1975: 1,919 Animalia, 176 Fungi, 26 Protozoa, 20 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. M., A. P. Morgan, A. R. Elliott 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 Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 17581884F. S. Robinson
Specimen of Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc.Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc.1893J.B. EllisGranville
Specimen of Hypoxylon deustum (Hoffm.) Grev.Hypoxylon deustum (Hoffm.) Grev.1893H. L. Jones
A photograph of the species Bonasa umbellus, not of this specimenBonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766)1853Mack, D. (Don)Eden Twp, Licking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, not of this specimenPelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 17891874not recordedLicking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Calidris canutus, not of this specimenCalidris canutus rufa (A.Wilson, 1813)1878Savage, E. (Ed)Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lophodytes cucullatus, not of this specimenLophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878not recordedLicking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Aix sponsa, not of this specimenAix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)1880not recordedLicking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Anas americana, not of this specimenAnas americana J.F.Gmelin, 17891880not recordedBuckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Podiceps auritus, not of this specimenPodiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)1880not recordedLicking, Ohio, USA
Anas acuta Linnaeus, 17581881not recordedBuckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA
Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 17581881not recordedBuckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA

All 2,144 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Vanatta: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dry Creek Crushed Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Dry Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dry Creek Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hoskinson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newark No. 214 Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Van Wey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Wey Sand and Gravel Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Licking County

Storms nearby

9 since 2011

The National Weather Service names Vanatta in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. 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
February 2011Thunderstorm WindVanatta$50,000Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A house had the roof removed and the garage collapsed due to the winds. Several large pine trees landed on outbuildings, carports, and homes.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindVanatta$4,000Power lines were knocked down.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindVanatta$2,000Several trees were reported knocked down.
April 2021FloodVanatta-High water was reported on Belmont Avenue.
July 2019FloodVanatta-A portion of Price Road was impassable due to high water.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindVanatta-A tree was downed near the intersection of Chestnut Hills Road and Marion Road due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2024HailVanatta-no account filed
May 2014HailVanatta-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindVanatta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Licking 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
Chatham2.5 miles10
Blanchard (historical)3.2 miles12
Saint Louisville3.3 miles10
Welsh Hills3.5 miles12
Wilkins Run4.5 miles11
Newark4.9 miles12
Fredonia5.1 miles11
Highwater5.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065429. 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.