Wakatomika, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43821. It stands on Dickinson Run. The Survey maps it on the Trinway quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 56 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
11 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.
- 1910 USGS Frazeysburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Frazeysburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Trinway quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Trinway quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Trinway quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Trinway quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
16 since 2014The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Wakatomika between 2014 and 2020, burning about 107 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8306 |
| 16 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8625 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11168 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11166 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13066 |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 678 shownMuseums hold 678 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wakatomika between 1846 and 1974: 610 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 33 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. F., Baumgartner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu | 1846 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1898 | Williamson, E. B. | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1782) | 1924 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Bedford Twp., Coshocton Co., OH |
![]() | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township |
![]() | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Chrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 1857 | 1929 | Hine, D. (Dorothy) | Warsaw, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding River, Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Walhonding River, trib. of Muskingon River, center of Jefferson Twp. |
![]() | Etheostoma variatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Walhonding River, trib. of Muskingon River, center of Jefferson Twp. |
All 678 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wakatomika: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowerston Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
5 since 1998The National Weather Service names Wakatomika in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Wakatomika | $100,000 | The same severe thunderstorm that produced an earlier tornado in Muskingum County then produced another brief EF1 tornado as it moved east-northeast into southern Coshocton County. Damage was noted to a home, outbuilding, and trees just off of County Road 439. It's believed that the tornado touched down very close to the house itself with the bulk of the damage occurring on the northeast side of the house, opposite of the parent thunderstorm's southwest to northeast motion. The outbuilding had its roof removed and most of its walls completely collapsed save for part of one side that remained standing. The tornado removed the entire metal roof throwing it in pieces several hundred yards downstream into a field as well as upstream where two pieces were wrapped around the top of a tree. While most walls remained standing, the back side of the home was torn off and laid on the ground. It was this damage that the highest EF1 wind speed of 105 |mph was observed. Insulation from this part of the home was thrown all over the property and plastered on all sides of the home. Several healthy softwood trees were uprooted in the backyard. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakatomika | $100,000 | A garage was reported to be destroyed and trees were felled on to homes. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Wakatomika | $10,000 | A citizen reported high creeks along County Road 4, and that water was flooding the roadway. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Wakatomika | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Wakatomika | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperdale | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Graham Corners | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| New Moscow | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| West Carlisle | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| West Bedford | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasantville (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tyrone | 5.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062590. 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.






















