West Austintown, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Austintown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44515. The Survey maps it on the Canfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 78 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
13 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.
- 1908 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Canfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Canfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Canfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Canfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Canfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 137 shownMuseums hold 137 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Austintown between 1883 and 1974: 118 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Daugherty, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), B Withers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Eurytoma pater Girault, 1920 | 1915 | W. Phillips | Youngstown |
![]() | Peniophora Cooke, 1879 | 1926 | F. O. Grover | 128 Forest St., M. M. Metcalf's yard, slope of S. side of low land |
![]() | Thalictrum dioicum L. | 1883 | Meissner, C.A. | Brier Hill, O |
![]() | Asplenium trichomanes L. | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | Lantermans Falls near Youngstown |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | Lantermans Falls, near Youngstown |
![]() | Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | Lanterman Falls, near Youngstown |
![]() | Phegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | Mill Creek just below Iona Falls, near Youngstown |
![]() | Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. | 1896 | Ransom, R. | Perkins (Corners) |
![]() | Arigomphus villosipes (Selys, 1854) | 1900 | E. Williamson | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842) | 1901 | not recorded | Ellsworth |
![]() | Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815) | 1909 | Vichery, E. W. | Ellsworth, Mahoning Co., Ohio, USA |
![]() | Onoclea sensibilis f. obtusilobata (Schkuhr) Gilbert | 1910 | Vickers, E.W. | Ellsworth |
All 137 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 West Austintown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Billets/ Youngstown, Ohio | Aluminum | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2007The National Weather Service names West Austintown in 1 storm report between 2007 and 2007: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | West Austintown | $250,000 | Hail ranging from walnut size to nickel size was observed. Some vehicles sustained damage from the hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Ridge | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Taylor Corners | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Shively Corners | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Austintown | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ohlton (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ohltown | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Park | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| North Jackson | 3.4 miles | 13 |
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 West Austintown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22340942 | 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 1056565. 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.
























