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Angel, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45631. It stands on Little Bullskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mercerville quadrangle.

Angel within Gallia County

Then and now

1906 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Angel, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Angel, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

36 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Angel between 2001 and 2019, burning about 313 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5606
3 June 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5005
8 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4206
6 April 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4207
13 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources903

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 225 shown

Museums hold 225 specimens collected within 10 miles of Angel between 1888 and 1975: 195 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F., C. Gilbert & J. Henshall 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Macrhybopsis storeriana, not of this specimenMacrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Moxostoma carinatum, not of this specimenMoxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallNear Gallipolis, Racoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis blennius, not of this specimenNotropis blennius (Girard, 1856)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Percina copelandi, not of this specimenPercina copelandi (Jordan, 1877)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
unnamed1900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Animalia1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Arthromacra aenea, not of this specimenArthromacra aenea1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus Meigen, not of this specimenChrysotus Meigen, 18241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus distinctus, not of this specimenChrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 19241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 18611900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States

All 225 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hilton (historical)1.1 miles14
Thivener1.7 miles15
Moody (historical)2.1 miles14
Leaper2.7 miles14
Hollis (historical)2.9 miles14
Holiday Hills3.0 miles15
Raccoon Island3.9 miles15
Mercerville4.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075264. 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.