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Eureka, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45631. It stands on Teens Run. The Survey maps it on the Apple Grove quadrangle.

Eureka within Gallia County

Then and now

1906 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eureka, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Eureka, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

85 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Eureka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryKEISTER RD.
14 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
3 May 1997Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryMILLSTONE ROAD
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11987
9 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryPLEASANT RIDGE ROAD
8 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestrySTONECOAL RUN
6 April 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4207

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 159 shown

Museums hold 159 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eureka between 1888 and 1975: 131 Animalia, 21 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bartley, F., C. Gilbert & J. Henshall, C.J. Drake 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 Macrhybopsis storeriana, not of this specimenMacrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Moxostoma carinatum, not of this specimenMoxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallNear Gallipolis, Racoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis blennius, not of this specimenNotropis blennius (Girard, 1856)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Percina copelandi, not of this specimenPercina copelandi (Jordan, 1877)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Alternaria cucumerina, not of this specimenAlternaria cucumerina (Ellis & Everh.) J.A.Elliott1904Sheldon J. L.Mercers Bottom
Colletotrichum lagenaria (Pass.) Ellis & Halst.1904Sheldon John L.Mercers Bottom
A photograph of the species Macrosporium cucumerinum, not of this specimenMacrosporium cucumerinum Ellis & Everh.1904Sheldon John L.Mercers Bottom
A photograph of the species Uromyces lespedezae-procumbentis, not of this specimenUromyces lespedezae-procumbentis (Schwein.) Lagerh.1904Sheldon John L.Ben Lomond
Alternaria solani Sorauer1905Post A. LeeGallipolis Ferry
A photograph of the species Eratoneura osborni, not of this specimenEratoneura osborni (DeLong, 1916)1915Drake

All 159 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

4 since 2009

The National Weather Service names Eureka in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
March 2021FloodEureka$15,000The Ohio River at the R.C. Byrd Lock and Dam rose above its 50 foot flood stage on the evening of March 2nd. The river at this location crested at 51.23 feet around sunrise on the 3rd, and returned to its banks right after midnight on March 4th. ||Route 7, which runs parallel to the river, was flooded in several spots, including at Teens Run, Chickamauga Creek, Kyger Creek, Clay Chapel, Clay School, and just above Route 218. Portions of Gallipolis began to flood while the Ohio River was above its flood stage. The Spruce Street Chickamauga Creek Bridge was closed due to flooding of low areas around the bridge.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEureka$8,000Tree and structural damage with power poles knocked down were observed along Route 7 near the small town of Eureka.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindEureka$2,000Power lines were knocked down by fallen trees.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEureka$250A downed tree blocked both sides of Burnt Run Road south of Gallipolis.

Every storm recorded in Gallia 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
Angola (historical)1.1 miles15
Bladen1.2 miles15
Halley (historical)2.6 miles15
Raccoon Island2.9 miles15
Holiday Hills3.1 miles15
Clemma (historical)3.3 miles15
Leaper4.2 miles14
Mercerville4.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1085463. 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.

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.