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Barclay Acres, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Belpre City. It lies in ZIP code area 45714. It stands on Congress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parkersburg quadrangle.

Barclay Acres within Washington County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barclay Acres, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Barclay Acres, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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.

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

98 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Barclay Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 burning44
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestrySCENIC HILLS
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry5809 DUPONT ROAD
14 September 2010Smokingunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry1253 GIHON ROAD
11 September 2002Smokingunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryELI-LOCUST RD.
11 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBROADMOORE ADDN
6 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryTOWN
4 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryLOST PAVEMENT ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 252 shown

Museums hold 252 specimens collected within 10 miles of Barclay Acres between 1877 and 1974: 146 Fungi, 84 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by AGOSTINI, CHARLES T, 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 Stephanoderes pini, not of this specimenStephanoderes pini Hopkins, 19151900D. Hopkins[Not Stated]
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

All 252 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Barclay Acres: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 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
Atlas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
K. S. Crane No. 1 & K. S. HoistSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mill Boat and K.S. Hoist PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ohio River Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Belpre0.3 miles19
Rockland1.7 miles19
Blennerhassett View2.3 miles19
Porterfield4.3 miles17
Dunham4.8 miles17
Constitution4.9 miles19
Corner5.1 miles17
Riverview6.6 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122557746The 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 2574535. 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.