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Evergreen, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45614. The Survey maps it on the Vinton quadrangle.

Evergreen within Gallia County

Then and now

1906 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Evergreen, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Evergreen, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

36 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen between 2006 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. None 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
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
9 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8687
7 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15784
7 May 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1183
5 April 2016Debris and open burning20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4266
24 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 382 shown

Museums hold 382 specimens collected within 10 miles of Evergreen between 1862 and 1974: 159 Animalia, 139 Fungi, 70 Plantae, 12 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer, W. A., Babcocks D. O., Bryant, J.C. 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 Chaetona flavipennis Coquillett, 1902Chaetona flavipennis Coquillett, 19021900[Not Stated]Vinton
Specimen of Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838Chrysops niger Macquart, 18381900not recorded
Specimen of Gymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) F.KernGymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) F.Kern1901Kellerman, W.A.Vinton
A photograph of the species Carex communis, not of this specimenCarex communis var. communis1862W. M. CanbyCheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis, not of this specimenColeosporium sonchi-arvensis (Pers.) Lév.1891Millspaugh C. F.Point Pleasant
A photograph of the species Uromyces hedysari-paniculati, not of this specimenUromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl.1891Millspaugh C. F.Point Pleasant
A photograph of the species Uromyces trifolii, not of this specimenUromyces trifolii (R.Hedw.) Lév., 18471891Millspaugh C. F.Point Pleasant
unnamed1900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Animalia1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Arthromacra aenea, not of this specimenArthromacra aenea1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus Meigen, not of this specimenChrysotus Meigen, 18241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus distinctus, not of this specimenChrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 19241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States

All 382 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Evergreen: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous. 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
Holley PitStone, Crushed/Broken, BituminousProducer
Queen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Queen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Kerr1.4 miles13
Prospect Hill (historical)1.7 miles15
Bidwell2.3 miles10
Porter2.6 miles10
Rodney3.3 miles13
Spring Valle Estates3.4 miles13
Fairview3.4 miles13
Spring Valley3.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048715. 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.