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

Bald Knobs, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lebanon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45743. It stands on Ross Run. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle.

Bald Knobs within Meigs County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bald Knobs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bald Knobs, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

34 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Bald Knobs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3

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
2 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1761
3 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1701
4 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14645
5 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1401
3 May 2015Debris and open burning1.8 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1442
28 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1403
24 May 2015Debris and open burning10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1402
9 April 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7825

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 321 shown

Museums hold 321 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bald Knobs between 1844 and 1973: 250 Animalia, 43 Fungi, 25 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. H. Jones, Carroll H. D., Carroll, G. 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 Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1940Carroll, G.Big Spruce Creek
Specimen of Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) FéePhegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée1945Cooke, V.Ravenswood
Specimen of Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) HolubDiphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub1964Wistendahl, J.D.Athens. Sportsman Club Road, roadside ravine. Forked Run State Park.
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. SullivantIn woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme, not of this specimenGymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Leptostroma quercinum, not of this specimenLeptostroma quercinum Lasch1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Lophodermium arundinaceum, not of this specimenLophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Mycosphaerella fraxinicola, not of this specimenMycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Septoria E.M.Fries, not of this specimenSeptoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Stegophora ulmea, not of this specimenStegophora ulmea (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Ustilago nuda, not of this specimenUstilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Rostr.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill

All 321 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bald Knobs: 1 producer. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mcdough PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs 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
Merritt0.9 miles15
Stiversville1.9 miles15
Oldtown Flats2.0 miles19
Elden (historical)2.0 miles15
Bashan2.1 miles15
Spiller2.2 miles19
Hazael2.2 miles15
Shade River3.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064374. 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.