Dairy, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43946. It stands on Calico Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Round Bottom quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The 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.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS New Martinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Round Bottom quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Round Bottom quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Round Bottom quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Round Bottom quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Moundsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Round Bottom quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Round Bottom quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
3 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dairy between 1993 and 2016, burning about 4 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 burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RT. 2 |
| 24 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4672 |
| 23 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4669 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 633 shownMuseums hold 633 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dairy between 1860 and 1975: 595 Animalia, 24 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 1 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Adler, K. K. & Wood, T. (Tilley) 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Taphrina sacchari Jenkins | 1922 | O.L. Inman | Antioch College |
![]() | Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. | 1924 | L.L. Lehman | |
![]() | Irpex fuscescens (Schwein.) Schwein. | 1931 | F. O. Grover | S of Oak point, woods |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
![]() | Aralia racemosa L. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Astragalus canadensis L. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph.Wood | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martin[s]ville |
![]() | Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell | 1879 | Guttenberg, G. | New Martinsville |
![]() | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1897 | Guttenberg, H.G. | New Martinville |
All 633 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dairy: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdonough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075670. 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.





























