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Cherryville, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Aid Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45645. It stands on Markin Fork. The Survey maps it on the Kitts Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cherryville within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cherryville (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Cherryville (historical), surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

224 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Cherryville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,689 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 82 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 burning83
Arson/incendiarism82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWayne National ForestWILGUS
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestROUND BALE
4 September 2007Debris and open burning11 acresWayne National ForestGRAPE FIRE
28 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use16 acresWayne National ForestSAND HILL
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestKIMBLE RIDGE-#2
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestSIMMS CREEK #1
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestBOULDER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 399 shown

Museums hold 399 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cherryville (historical) between 1840 and 1972: 331 Animalia, 43 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartley, F., C. Kennedy 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 Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Polanisia dodecandra, not of this specimenPolanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.1840Short, C.W.along Ohio River
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Coleosporium vernoniae, not of this specimenColeosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1892Carver Wm.Ironton
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1892W. C. WernerIronton
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania asagrayana, not of this specimenFrullania asagrayana Mont.1892W. C. WernerIronton.
A photograph of the species Hedwigia ciliata, not of this specimenHedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1892W. C. WernerIronton
Leucobryum albidum (Brid. ex P.Beauv.) Lindb.1892W. C. Werner

All 399 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cherryville (historical): 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Brammer Const Co Pit No 1ClayUnknown
Lawrence ClayTitanium, Silica, Iron, AluminumOccurrence1859

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Five Forks1.6 miles13
Manker (historical)1.8 miles13
Aid2.2 miles15
Bald Knob2.8 miles13
Wilgus4.0 miles15
Andis4.2 miles13
Kitts Hill4.2 miles13
Arabia4.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050548. 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.