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Clearview, Ohio

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45680. It stands on Solida Creek. The Survey maps it on the Catlettsburg quadrangle.

Clearview within Lawrence County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clearview, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Clearview, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

23 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

42 since 1997

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Clearview between 1997 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8485
8 April 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 1997Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 April 2009Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 April 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryTODD COURT
9 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestSUNNY RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 829 shown

Museums hold 829 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clearview between 1880 and 1972: 554 Animalia, 133 Fungi, 119 Plantae, 20 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer W. A., Avery W. B., BARBOUR, DOUGLAS I 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 Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.WinterMicrosphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter1892W.A. KellermanSymmes Creek
A photograph of the species Eragrostis reptans, not of this specimenEragrostis reptans (Michx.) Nees1880T Meehan
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBig Sandy River, near mouth
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 829 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clearview: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay, Sulfur. 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
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Ashland Oil/ Catlettsburg, Ky.SulfurUnknown
Brammer Const Co Pit No 2ClayProducer
Burlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Burlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Sheridan1.6 miles23
South Point2.1 miles23
North Kenova2.6 miles23
Sulphur Springs3.0 miles23
Montreal (historical)3.0 miles23
Forestdale3.9 miles13
Lincoln Park3.9 miles23
Sunrise4.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050543. 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.