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

Confederate Crossroads, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Blue Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43720. The Survey maps it on the Ruraldale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Confederate Crossroads within Muskingum County

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Confederate Crossroads (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Confederate Crossroads (historical), surveyed 1910

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

27 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Confederate Crossroads (historical) between 2002 and 2019, burning about 55 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
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
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15152
8 April 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning2.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burning3.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2014Debris and open burning5.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 297 shown

Museums hold 297 specimens collected within 10 miles of Confederate Crossroads (historical) between 1890 and 1975: 262 Animalia, 23 Plantae, 5 Protozoa, 5 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W.; Starrett, J., Adams, William, Adler, K. K. 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 Scleroderris rubra MorganScleroderris rubra Morgan1891Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza nana Massee & MorganPeziza nana Massee & Morgan1895Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Frullania saxicola AustinFrullania saxicola Austin1896William C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Lehm.1890W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella pinnata, not of this specimenPorella pinnata L.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Lycogala exiguum, not of this specimenLycogala exiguum Morgan, 18931893Morgan A.P.Preston
Specimen of Lachnum viridulum Massee & MorganLachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza morganii MasseePeziza morganii Massee1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage).
Tapesia derelicta Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Anthophoridae1916not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus vagans, not of this specimenBombus vagans Smith, 18541916P.R. Lowry

All 297 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 Confederate Crossroads (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Philco, OhioIronProducer
Puskarich Limestone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Muskingum 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
McDonald1.9 miles14
Gaysport2.9 miles14
Philo3.1 miles14
Blue Rock3.1 miles14
Merriam3.2 miles14
White Eyes Town (historical)3.5 miles14
Duncan Falls3.7 miles14
Ruraldale3.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067300. 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.