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Fernbank, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Cincinnati City. It lies in ZIP code area 45233. It stands on Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Addyston quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 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.
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,425 shownMuseums hold 2,425 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fernbank between 1820 and 1975: 950 Fungi, 788 Animalia, 574 Plantae, 92 Protozoa, 11 Unrecorded, 10 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. Braun, A. F. Braun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Clavaria striata Pers. | 1899 | Aiken, Walter H. | College Hill |
 | Coleosporium campanulae (Pers.) Tul. | 1899 | Aiken, Walter H. | College Hill |
 | Peronospora parasitica (Pers.) De Bary | 1899 | Aiken, Walter H. | Hamilton County, Ohio |
 | Atrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp. | 1820 | T. G. Lea | probably Cincinnatti |
 | Barbula unguiculata Hedw. | 1820 | T. G. Lea | probably Cincinnatti |
 | Equisetum arvense L. | 1834 | Short, Charles Wilkins; Lea, Thomas G. | Cincinnati |
 | Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr. | 1835 | Frank | in ditione Miami civitatis Ohio |
 | Mentha arvensis var. glabrata (Benth.) Fernald | 1835 | Collector unspecified | Miami. |
 | Sanicula canadensis L. | 1835 | Frank | in ditione Miami civitatis Ohio |
 | Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq. | 1835 | Short, C.W. | near Cincinnati |
 | Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. | 1836 | Sanders, Alfred | Cincinnati |
 | Delphinium consolida L. | 1836 | Sanders, Alfred | Cincinnati |
All 2,425 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 15 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fernbank: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Salt Terminal | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Cincinnati Salt Service | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Cincinnati Warehouse | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Ashcraft Main Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bunnell Gravel Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cleves Plant Number 6 and Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eaton Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eaton Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hooven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hoover Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
8 since 1996The National Weather Service names Fernbank in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 7 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernbank | $100,000 | Video from a boat showed a gustando moving north across the Ohio River, associated with a thunderstorms outflow boundary. As the gustnado moved onshore in the Sayler Park area, it downed numerous trees along Catalpa Road, Gracely Drive and Fernbank Avenue. Some of the trees fell on a few houses and caused some minor damage. Several power lines were also downed. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernbank | $10,000 | Numerous trees and large limbs knocked down across the county. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Fernbank | $5,000 | Numerous roads were flooded and closed. A mudslide closed portions of Columbia Parkway east of downtown Cincinnati. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernbank | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernbank | $3,000 | A tree fell onto some wires on Trumbull Court. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernbank | $1,000 | A one foot diameter tree was snapped and several branches were downed near Addyston due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernbank | $1,000 | A tree was downed in Addyston due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernbank | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addyston | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Sayler Park | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sekitan | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mountview | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Miami Heights | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| North Bend | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Cleves | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cotillion Village | 3.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056288. 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.
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.