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Vernon, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44428. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kinsman quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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
12 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.
- 1907 USGS Kinsman quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Kinsman quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kinsman quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kinsman quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Kinsman quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Kinsman quadrangle1:24000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 114 shownMuseums hold 114 specimens collected within 10 miles of Vernon between 1893 and 1973: 80 Animalia, 33 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Almon N. Rood, Brown, Fred, Chamberlin, Earl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Gymnoconia peckiana (Howe) Trotter | 1910 | E.B. | Johnston |
 | Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. | 1893 | Chamberlin, Earl | Cortland |
 | Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862) | 1899 | R. C. Osburn | Fowlerville |
 | Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1917 | not recorded | Kinsman |
 | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Pymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp |
 | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Pymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp |
 | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Pymatuning Creek, within Ex south Vernon township, near Orangeville, Vernon township |
 | Ictalurus melas (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Pymatuning Creek, at Kinsman, ~0.1 mi S of Kinsman, Kinsman township |
 | Ictalurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Pymatuning Creek, within Ex south Vernon township, near Orangeville, Vernon township |
 | Lepomis Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Pymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp |
 | Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Pymatuning Creek, within Ex south Vernon township, near Orangeville, Vernon township |
 | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Pymatuning Creek, at Kinsman, ~0.1 mi S of Kinsman, Kinsman township |
All 114 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Vernon: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Kinsman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kinsman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
6 since 2010The National Weather Service names Vernon in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $30,000 | The fire department reported tree damage across much of Kinsman and Vernon Townships between the Ashtabula County line south to the intersection of Ohio Route 7 and Route 88 in northeast Trumbull County. At least a dozen trees are down and many power lines down including some lines on cars. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in the Vernon Center and Orangeville areas. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree which took out some power lines. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree along State Route 88 just west of State Route 7. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | - | A tree was blown down in Vernon Township. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior (historical) | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Burghill | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Corinth | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Latimer | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Antietam (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Farmdale | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kinsman | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Orangeville | 4.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058099. 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.
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.