Fairview Heights, Ohio
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Island Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43964. It lies near Myers Knob. The Survey maps it on the Weirton quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
On record in Fairview Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Toronto World War I Momumentlisted 2004 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Steubenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Weirton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Fairview Heights between 1992 and 2018, burning about 77 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | NEW MANCHESTER |
| 2 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WESTLANE LANE |
| 9 April 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | HARDINS RUN ROAD |
| 8 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | HUDSON HILL ROAD |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CASEY DRIVE |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | POLK STREET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 535 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 535 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fairview Heights between 1836 and 1974: 306 Animalia, 192 Plantae, 37 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. W. Cusick, A.W. Cusick 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitis aestivalis Michx. | 1836 | Jewett | ||
![]() | Polygonum erectum L. | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio |
![]() | Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813 | 1941 | not recorded | Steubenville, Union Cemetery |
![]() | Carex hirsutella Mack. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Elymus hystrix L. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Galium circaezans Michx. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | near Steubenville |
![]() | Hypericum mutilum L. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Hypericum punctatum Lam. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
![]() | Luzula echinata (Small) F.J.Herm. | 1877 | Mertz, H.N. | Steubenville |
All 535 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fairview Heights: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Run Plant--Cresent Brick Co | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hardin Run Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hardin Run Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Kaul Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Heights | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Markle | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Toronto | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Ridgeland | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Calumet | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Shady Glen | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Taylortown | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Mellwood Acres | 2.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1084640. 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.





















