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Dorney, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pickaway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43113. It stands on Burning Indian Mound. The Survey maps it on the Circleville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dorney within Pickaway County

Then and now

1914 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dorney (historical), surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Dorney (historical), surveyed 1914

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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Pickaway township, in the words of 1906.

1906, Pickaway Township

William Henry Harrison

the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of these was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching Panther;" the other, OlHwacheca, or "The Prophet." Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomitable perseverance in any enterprise m which he might engage.

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Fires nearby

1 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dorney (historical) between 2007 and 2007, burning about 0 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 burning1

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
4 October 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickaway County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,583 shown

Museums hold 2,583 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dorney (historical) between 1829 and 1975: 2,490 Animalia, 80 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande, A. White, M. Trautman, T. Cavender 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
A photograph of the species Rallus elegans, not of this specimenRallus elegans elegans Audubon, 18341829Florence, A. (Arledge)Col Anderson farm 6 1/2 mi west of Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Symphyotrichum dumosum, not of this specimenSymphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L.Nesom1845L. L. Pontius3 mi E of Kingston.
A photograph of the species Caprimulgus vociferus, not of this specimenCaprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 18121876Jones, H. (Howard)Darby Creek, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 18981877Jones, H. (Howard)Goose Pond, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Hirundo rustica, not of this specimenHirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert, 17831879Jones, H. (Howard)near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bartramia longicauda, not of this specimenBartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)1880Jones, H. (Howard)near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1880Mearns, E.A.Circleville near Scioto River.
A photograph of the species Empidonax virescens, not of this specimenEmpidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)1880Jones, H. (Howard)Niles Woods, near Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Setophaga ruticilla, not of this specimenSetophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)1880Jones, H. (Howard)near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus Vieillot, 18081881Jones, H. (Howard)Scioto River bottoms near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, not of this specimenPetrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817)1881Jones, H. (Howard)near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Piranga olivacea, not of this specimenPiranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1881Jones, H. (Howard)near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA

All 2,583 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 Dorney (historical): 1 past producer, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Raleigh Spradlin Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sturm & Dillard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pickaway 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
Miller (historical)0.6 miles13
Jefferson Estates0.9 miles13
Logan Elm Village1.0 miles13
Hayesville1.5 miles13
Circle Hills2.3 miles13
Hooven (historical)2.4 miles13
Circleville3.0 miles13
Thacher3.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1080584. 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.