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Bradbury, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Salisbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45760. It lies in Bone Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pomeroy quadrangle.

Bradbury within Meigs County

Then and now

1907 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bradbury, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Bradbury, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 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

76 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Bradbury between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning32
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
27 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15262
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCARSON ROAD
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCLIFTON CEMETERY
10 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestrySUPPER CLUB RD.
1 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryFOGLESONG RD
31 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryYODER LANE
25 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8705
17 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 208 shown

Museums hold 208 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bradbury between 1840 and 1973: 169 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. H. Jones, Charles M. Roberts, Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John Leonard 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 Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) AlexanderOdontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander1963William G. Gambill Jr.
Specimen of Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) BarnhartRatibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart1963William G. Gambill Jr.
Specimen of Ruellia humilis Nutt.Ruellia humilis Nutt.1963William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimenAsplenium trichomanes L.1840Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John LeonardMeigs County, Ohio
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 Carex communis, not of this specimenCarex communis var. communis1862W. M. CanbyCheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Trichostrongylus Looss, not of this specimenTrichostrongylus Looss, 19051906E. StevensonClifton
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium globosum, not of this specimenGymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.1916Nixon, E. L.Pomeroy
A photograph of the species Noturus eleutherus, not of this specimenNoturus eleutherus Jordan, 18771927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Shade River, at TR 359/Sorden Rd, 2 miles southeast of Chester OH, Chester township
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Shade River, within Chester township, near Chester, Chester township
A photograph of the species Noturus stigmosus, not of this specimenNoturus stigmosus Taylor, 19691927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Shade River, within Chester township, near Chester, Chester township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929MB Trautman & asst.Shade River, trib of Ohio River, at Chester, center of Chester county

All 208 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 Bradbury: 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
Meigs County Hwy Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs County

Storms nearby

7 since 1999

The National Weather Service names Bradbury in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBradbury$3,000Numerous trees were downed near Thomas Village.
December 2018FloodBradbury$2,000A couple roads were closed due to flooding in south central Meigs County. This included State Route 124 along Little Leading Creek and Hysell Run near Rutland, and State Route 143 along Thomas Fork near Wolfpen.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBradbury$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBradbury$500Multiple trees were blown down between the towns of Pomeroy and Salisbury.
February 2022FloodBradbury$500All lanes of State Route 124 were closed due to high water from State Route 325 to State Route 7.
May 2025FloodBradbury-State Route 124 was closed from State Route 7 to State Route 325 due to flooding.
April 2017HailBradbury-no account filed

Every storm 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
Middleport1.1 miles14
Hobson1.3 miles16
Lincoln Heights1.5 miles14
Thomas Village1.7 miles14
Hobson Junction1.9 miles16
Pomeroy2.2 miles14
Silver Run2.6 miles16
Kerrs Run3.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1070688. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.