West Carlisle, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43844. 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
18 since 2014The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of West Carlisle between 2014 and 2020, burning about 64 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15288 |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5226 |
| 16 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8625 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15158 |
| 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 |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13066 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 389 shownMuseums hold 389 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Carlisle between 1924 and 1974: 370 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Baumgartner, Binning, M. B., C. Stein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1782) | 1924 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Bedford Twp., Coshocton Co., OH |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Walhonding R., NW Newcastle Twp., 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 & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Walhonding River, at confluence of Mohican and Kokosing Rivers, 6.5 mi W of Nellie, Newcastle township |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma variatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Walhonding River, at confluence of Mohican and Kokosing Rivers, 6.5 mi W of Nellie, Newcastle township |
All 389 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 Carlisle: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms nearby
1 since 2024The National Weather Service names West Carlisle in 1 storm report between 2024 and 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Carlisle | $10,000 | Trees were downed along State Route 79. |
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 | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| West Bedford | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Graham Corners | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wakatomika | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| New Guilford | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mohawk Village | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tyrone | 7.6 miles | 16 |
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 Carlisle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18378591 | 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 1049305. 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.






















