Zahns Corners, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Seal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45690. The Survey maps it on the Waverly South quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
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.
- 1906 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
61 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Zahns Corners between 2007 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15226 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15221 |
| 8 July 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15213 |
| 7 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15212 |
| 8 June 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15742 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,527 shownMuseums hold 1,527 specimens collected within 10 miles of Zahns Corners between 1889 and 1975: 1,438 Animalia, 60 Plantae, 27 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W.; Adams, S., Allen, E. (Ed), B. W. Evermann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium compositarum Rabenh. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Columbus |
![]() | Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | not recorded | Scioto River, Piketon |
![]() | Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 | 1909 | not recorded | Piketon, Scioto River |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1889 | C. J. Herrick | Waverly |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1889 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Piketon, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Astragalinus Cabanis, 1851 | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
All 1,527 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Zahns Corners: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & S Plant A-7 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| A & S Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cutlip Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gregory Materials Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seal Builders S & G Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Seal Builders Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
4 since 2008The National Weather Service names Zahns Corners in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Zahns Corners | $70,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were down and other limbs were twisted due to the tornado. There was minor roof damage to a home in the area as well. A mobile home was blown off of its foundation and the underpinning was blown out from under another mobile home. In addition, windows were blown out of another residence and a storage shed was destroyed. The maximum wind speed based on damage is around 80 miles per hour. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Zahns Corners | $2,000 | State Route 220 at River Road and State Route 124 at Dry Bone Road were flooded. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zahns Corners | $1,000 | Several small trees were downed across McCorkle Road. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Zahns Corners | - | High water resulted in a closure of a portion of State Route 124. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehm | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Greggs | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Givens | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Greggs Hill | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bobo | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Piketon | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Beaver Pike Estates | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Van Meter | 3.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1079597. 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.
























