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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Eden Park, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45662. It lies in Hinkley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Boston quadrangle.

Eden Park within Scioto County

Then and now

1911 to 1981

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 Eden Park, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Eden Park, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 1903 county history

5,589 words on this township

The county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Clay Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Clay Township - 5,589 words.

Fires nearby

94 since 1997

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Eden Park between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,317 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesPORTSMOUTH
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined57 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesROSEMOUNT
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 July 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15795

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scioto County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,071 shown

Museums hold 1,071 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eden Park between 1884 and 1975: 988 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1884H. MoresScioto River
Specimen of Bovistella MorganBovistella Morgan1885A.P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Cylindrocladium scoparium MorganCylindrocladium scoparium Morgan1893A.P. MorganPreston
A photograph of the species Campeloma Rafinesque, not of this specimenCampeloma Rafinesque, 18191885Ch. R. OrcuttScioto River
A photograph of the species Harpographium fasciculatum, not of this specimenHarpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc.1887A.P. MorganPreston
A photograph of the species Puccinia recondita, not of this specimenPuccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm.1889Craig M.Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River
Specimen of Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 18291896not recordedScioto River
unnamed1897MorganPreston
A photograph of the species Ambystoma opacum, not of this specimenAmbystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807)1897Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
Specimen of Peronospora polygoni Halst.Peronospora polygoni Halst.1897F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Sialia sialis, not of this specimenSialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1897Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1897Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA

All 1,071 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eden Park: 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, OhioIronProducer
Frankfort Mtls. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Portsmouth WorksClayPlant
South Shore Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Scioto County

Storms nearby

5 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Eden Park in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2024Flash FloodEden Park$25,000Several vehicles were stranded in high water on High Street. Water was also approaching the lower floors of nearby homes.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindEden Park$20,000Numerous trees and one street sign were knocked down from Portsmouth to Wheelersburg. An old brick structure in downtown Portsmouth was demolished. Several automobiles in Portsmouth were damaged due to falling trees.
September 2024Flash FloodEden Park$10,000High water was up to car windows at the intersection of Shawnee Road and 25th Street.
June 2008HailEden Park$3,000no account filed
June 2008HailEden Park$1,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scioto 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
North Moreland0.9 miles12
Twin Valley1.2 miles12
New Boston1.6 miles12
East Portsmouth (historical)2.1 miles12
Rosemount2.1 miles12
Vera Junction2.8 miles12
Sciotoville2.9 miles12
Rubyville3.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056268. 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.