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Dixie, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43782. The Survey maps it on the New Lexington quadrangle.

Dixie within Perry County

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dixie, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Dixie, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

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.

In the 1883 county history

16,644 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Pike Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Pike Township - 16,644 words.

Fires nearby

54 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 2006 and 2020, burning about 64 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestDUKES OF HAZZARD
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestTRUCK FIRE
21 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestSTUMP
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1921
13 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestSTONE CHURCH FIRE
4 May 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1123
27 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestBARN FIRE
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 256 shown

Museums hold 256 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dixie between 1890 and 1975: 179 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Buker, W.E. 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 Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) ArthurPucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur1891W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Equisetum arvense L.Equisetum arvense L.1937Sharps, M.E.Rush Creek Twp.
A photograph of the species Phaeoceros carolinianus, not of this specimenPhaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.1890W. C. WernerRendville.
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Anthoceros punctatus, not of this specimenAnthoceros punctatus L.1891not recordedRendville
A photograph of the species Ascocoryne cylichnium, not of this specimenAscocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf1891W. A. Kellerman
Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Callicladium haldanianum, not of this specimenCallicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Hypnum jutlandicum, not of this specimenHypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke1891W. C. WernerRendville

All 256 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Dixie: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal. 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
Donnelly PitClay, CoalPast Producer
Greendale Minerals LeaseClay, CoalPast Producer
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast Producer
Kishler Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kishler Clay PitClayProducer
Ludowici-Celadon Donnelly PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nutter Brothers Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Dicksonton (historical)0.2 miles14
Bristol1.6 miles14
McCuneville1.8 miles14
Greeleyville2.2 miles14
Asbury (historical)3.1 miles13
Shawnee3.8 miles15
Claybank (historical)3.8 miles14
Straitsville4.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075720. 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.