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

Cadmus, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45658. It stands on Trace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patriot quadrangle.

Cadmus within Gallia County

Then and now

1906 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cadmus, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Cadmus, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

98 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Cadmus between 1993 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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 burning33
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15829
24 September 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15827
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresWayne National ForestSUMMER DAY FIRE
28 June 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestTOWNHOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 134 shown

Museums hold 134 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cadmus between 1899 and 1974: 116 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F. 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
A photograph of the species Gomphus lividus, not of this specimenGomphus lividus Selys, 18541899[Not Stated]Waterloo
unnamed1900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Animalia1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Arthromacra aenea, not of this specimenArthromacra aenea1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus Meigen, not of this specimenChrysotus Meigen, 18241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus distinctus, not of this specimenChrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 19241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 18611900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Liancalus genualis Loew, 18611900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812)1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798)1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Evarthrus seximpressus (LeConte, 1846)1901not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Green, 1818)1901Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Morse, M. (Max)Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio

All 134 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

7 since 2007

The National Weather Service names Cadmus in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2016FloodCadmus$20,000Across the southern portion of the county, Indian Guyan Creek overflowed and closed Route 218, while Rocky Fork flooded Route 775.
February 2018FloodCadmus$2,000Multiple state routes in southern Gallia county were closed due to flooding. This included sections of State Route 218, where Indian Guyan Creek and Bullskin Creek overflowed their banks, and State Route 775 along Sand Fork.
February 2025Flash FloodCadmus-Flooding was observed on Gallia Road, State Route 233, and State Route 141.
April 2025FloodCadmus-Route 233 was closed due to flooding.
April 2024FloodCadmus-State Route 233 was closed from flooding between State Route 141 and 0.7 miles beyond Sardis Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCadmus-Large branches were knocked down.
July 2007HailCadmus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gallia 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
McDaniel Crossroad2.3 miles12
Patriot2.9 miles12
Gage2.9 miles12
Flag Spring3.1 miles14
Boggs (historical)3.9 miles14
Siloam (historical)4.3 miles13
Sand Fork4.8 miles14
Cora5.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075501. 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.

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.