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Chandler, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43910. The Survey maps it on the Smithfield quadrangle.

Chandler within Jefferson County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

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 Chandler, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Chandler, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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

11 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Chandler between 2003 and 2018, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12885
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12910
12 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources3626
28 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 492 shown

Museums hold 492 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chandler between 1836 and 1972: 342 Animalia, 130 Plantae, 20 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. W. Cusick, Arden R. Gaufin 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 Vitis aestivalis Michx.Vitis aestivalis Michx.1836Jewett
Specimen of Polygonum erectum L.Polygonum erectum L.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio
Specimen of Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) LinkPuccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link1902W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Circus cyaneus, not of this specimenCircus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Mniotilta varia, not of this specimenMniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Carex hirsutella, not of this specimenCarex hirsutella Mack.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium latifolium, not of this specimenDichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, not of this specimenDichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Elymus hystrix, not of this specimenElymus hystrix L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1877Guttenberg, G.near Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum mutilum, not of this specimenHypericum mutilum L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville

All 492 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

1 since 2018

The National Weather Service names Chandler in 1 storm report between 2018 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindChandler-A 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down along County Road 23 and in Smithfield.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
McIntyre1.2 miles18
Bloomingdale2.5 miles18
Smithfield2.8 miles18
Weems3.0 miles18
Parlett3.1 miles18
Dogtown (historical)3.5 miles24
Newell3.7 miles18
Fairplay3.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1060949. 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.