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East Millfield, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45761. It stands on Jackson Run. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.

East Millfield within Athens County

Then and now

1903 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Millfield, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of East Millfield, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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

67 since 1994

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of East Millfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBEAN HOLLOW
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestRAW FIRE
26 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestLITTLE
9 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM
7 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National Forest329 BRAVO
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWayne National ForestBIG BAILEY
26 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWayne National ForestRV FIRE 295

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Athens County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,128 shown

Museums hold 1,128 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Millfield between 1896 and 1975: 955 Animalia, 126 Plantae, 38 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, A.D. Selby 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 Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 18131896F. L. StevensAthens County
Specimen of Ambrosia bidentata Michx.Ambrosia bidentata Michx.1969William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Tridens flavus, not of this specimenTridens flavus (L.) Hitchc.1896Selby, A.D.Caananville
A photograph of the species Sporobolus vaginiflorus, not of this specimenSporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood1898Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark1899Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Scirpus polyphyllus, not of this specimenScirpus polyphyllus Vahl1899Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Elaphe obsoleta, not of this specimenElaphe obsoleta obsoleta1902Morse, M. (Max)Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio
Melasmia Lév., 18461902Kellerman, W.A.Athens
A photograph of the species Erasmoneura vulnerata, not of this specimenErasmoneura vulnerata (Fitch, 1851)1905not recorded
Eratoneura affinis (Fitch, 1851)1905H.T. Osborn
Eratoneura ardens (McAtee, 1920)1905H.T. Osborn

All 1,128 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 East Millfield: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 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
Gravel Plant 2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Gravel Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Athens 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
Millfield0.4 miles19
Truetown1.6 miles19
Morristown2.1 miles19
Redtown2.3 miles19
Liars Corner2.4 miles19
Greens Run2.6 miles19
Jacksonville3.0 miles19
Chauncey3.2 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122552494The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075772. 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.