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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Armenia, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Belpre Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45742. It sits by Rock Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Lubeck quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Armenia within Washington County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Armenia (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Armenia (historical), surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Belpre township, in the words of 1902.

1902, Belpre Township

The First Death

that occurred in the new settlement was that of Captain Zebulon King, who was assassinated by the Indians May 1, 1789. While busily engaged in clearing his lot in the middle settlement, he was shot and scalped, it is supposed by two Indians who had escaped from Fort Harmar, where they were confined by reason of their treacherous conduct towards the whites during the previous summer at Duncan's Falls.

Read the rest of this passage

In the 1902 county history

36,149 words on this township

The county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Belpre Township covers established in 1790, boundaries, topography, quarries, beauty of scenery, general washington's purchase.

Read the chapter on Belpre Township - 36,149 words.

Fires nearby

39 since 1995

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Armenia (historical) between 1995 and 2019, burning about 40 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 burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry5809 DUPONT ROAD
11 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBROADMOORE ADDN
4 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
2 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWALKER LANE
30 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
5 June 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWALKER LANE
4 June 2007Smokingunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
8 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryMATHENY FARM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 285 shown

Museums hold 285 specimens collected within 10 miles of Armenia (historical) between 1877 and 1974: 138 Fungi, 129 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, Archer W. A., Archer, W. A. 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
Specimen of Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl.Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl.1922E. Bartholomew
Specimen of Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.1937Blickle, A.H.Parkersburg
Specimen of Petrova houseri Miller, 1959Petrova houseri Miller, 19591954W. MillerVeto
A photograph of the species Inula helenium, not of this specimenInula helenium L.1877Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Sonchus asper, not of this specimenSonchus asper (L.) Hill1877Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Amaranthus spinosus, not of this specimenAmaranthus spinosus L.1878Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Clinopodium vulgare, not of this specimenClinopodium vulgare L.1878Guttenberg, G.*Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Scutellaria nervosa, not of this specimenScutellaria nervosa Pursh1878Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Rorippa palustris, not of this specimenRorippa palustris var. fernaldiana (Butters & Abbe) Stuckey1891C. F. MillspaughParkersburg.
A photograph of the species Uromyces asclepiadis, not of this specimenUromyces asclepiadis Cooke1902W. A. KellermanBelpre
A photograph of the species Botryosphaeria ribis, not of this specimenBotryosphaeria ribis Grossenb. & Duggar1927Shear C. L.Parkersburg
Coniothyrium Corda, 18401927Martin G. HamiltonParkersburg

All 285 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Armenia (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amax Specialty Metal/Washington WvaZirconiumPast Producer
Griffin Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

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
Little Hocking2.5 miles17
Redbush3.4 miles17
Porterfield4.7 miles17
Blennerhassett View5.9 miles19
Fillmore5.9 miles17
Corner6.2 miles17
Rockland6.4 miles19
Belpre7.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067265. 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.