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Berger, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44822. The Survey maps it on the Butler quadrangle.

Berger within Knox County

Then and now

1912 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Berger, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Berger, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed 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 county-history sources

1,120 words on this township

A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive; Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes .., published 1862 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Pike Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Pike Township - 1,120 words.

Fires near this place

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Berger between 2004 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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 burning7
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1
Smoking1

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
20 September 2019Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15257
22 April 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2017Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7966
13 April 2018Naturalunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14465
1 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15442
7 March 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13485

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 238 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 238 specimens collected within 10 miles of Berger between 1837 and 1974: 217 Animalia, 12 Fungi, 8 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hall, A. P. Morgan, Andriessen, H. 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 Nummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) CookeNummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Cooke1883Dr. W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181883Kellerman
Specimen of Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc.Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc.1883W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Notophthalmus viridescens, not of this specimenNotophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)1837MüllerOhio
A photograph of the species Pooecetes gramineus, not of this specimenPooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1863Turati (comte), Ercole
A photograph of the species Delphinium exaltatum, not of this specimenDelphinium exaltatum Aiton1877E Sheets
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1877E Sheets
A photograph of the species Lobelia inflata, not of this specimenLobelia inflata L.1881Andriessen, H.near Fredericktown, OH
Specimen of Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819Septoria E.M.Fries, 18191883Kellerman
Specimen of Septoria anemones Desm.Septoria anemones Desm.1883Kellerman
Specimen of Physarum Persoon, 1794Physarum Persoon, 17941889A. P. Morgan
A photograph of the species Lampetra aepyptera, not of this specimenLampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860)1890Parker, J. B.Big Jelloway Creek, within in Knox County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate

All 238 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
Nunda0.9 miles13
North Liberty1.6 miles14
Four Corners2.0 miles14
College Hill2.3 miles13
Pleasant Valley (historical)3.4 miles12
Jelloway4.1 miles13
Amity4.5 miles13
Ankenytown6.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1051945. 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.