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Eden, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Olive Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45772. It stands on Blake Run. The Survey maps it on the Coolville quadrangle.

Eden within Meigs County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eden, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Eden, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed 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 near this place

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
6 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1861
29 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry504 SOUTH SCHULTZ ROAD
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryNEW ENGLAND RIDGE ROAD
12 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryLITTLE POND CREEK
8 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 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 Meigs County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 146 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eden between 1906 and 1973: 137 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by BRYAN, C R; BRYAN, B A, C. H. Jones, Carroll H. D. 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 Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1940Carroll, G.Big Spruce Creek
Specimen of Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) HolubDiphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub1964Wistendahl, J.D.Athens. Sportsman Club Road, roadside ravine. Forked Run State Park.
A photograph of the species Helminthosporium turcicum, not of this specimenHelminthosporium turcicum Pass.1906Carroll H. D.Bull Run
A photograph of the species Isariopsis griseola, not of this specimenIsariopsis griseola Sacc.1906Carroll H. D.Bull Run
A photograph of the species Puccinia violae, not of this specimenPuccinia violae (Schumach.) DC.1906Sheldon John L.Ohio River R. R. Foster's Siding
A photograph of the species Uromyces appendiculatus, not of this specimenUromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Link1906Carroll H. D.Bull Run
A photograph of the species Noturus eleutherus, not of this specimenNoturus eleutherus Jordan, 18771927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Shade River, at TR 359/Sorden Rd, 2 miles southeast of Chester OH, Chester township
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)East Branch Shade River, within north central Concord township, near Chester, Orange township
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)East Branch Shade River, within north central Concord township, near Chester, Orange township
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)East Branch Shade River, within north central Concord township, near Chester, Orange township
A photograph of the species Percopsis omiscomaycus, not of this specimenPercopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)East Branch Shade River, within north central Concord township, near Chester, Orange township
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1932Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)2 mi E of Bashan, Meigs Co., Ohio

All 146 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eden: 1 producer, 1 past 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
D.V. Weber Sand and Grave PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Weber Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024FloodEden-The Ohio River at Belleville Lock rose above its 35 foot flood stage on the evening of April 12th and then continued to rise to a crest of around 40.1 feet on the morning of the 14th. The river eventually receded below flood stage again the afternoon of April 15. While spilled out of its banks, Route 124 and sections of Ohio State Route 248 at Sand Hill were flooded.

Every storm recorded in Meigs 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
Joppa2.1 miles14
Randolph Landing2.2 miles16
Rushville2.3 miles15
Reedsville2.5 miles15
Pinegrove3.6 miles14
Success4.2 miles14
Fayal (historical)4.4 miles15
Tuppers Plains4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062747. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.