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Five Points, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Waterloo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45766. It stands on Gowler Ridge. The Survey maps it on the The Plains quadrangle.

Five Points within Athens County

Then and now

1903 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Five Points, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Five Points, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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

46 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 2001 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBYERS RD
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestMONK RD FIRE
8 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM
9 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestKIMBERLY RIDGE FIRE
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.3 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15140

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Athens County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,199 shown

Museums hold 1,199 specimens collected within 10 miles of Five Points between 1896 and 1975: 1,017 Animalia, 126 Plantae, 46 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa, 1 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. H. Blickle, Auburn E. Brower 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 Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 18131896F. L. StevensAthens County
Specimen of Ambrosia bidentata Michx.Ambrosia bidentata Michx.1969William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Perlesta Banks, not of this specimenPerlesta Banks, 19061898N. Roberts
A photograph of the species Diospyros virginiana, not of this specimenDiospyros virginiana L.1899A. D. SelbyMarshfield
A photograph of the species Salix humilis, not of this specimenSalix humilis var. tristis (Aiton) Griggs1899Selby, A.D.Marshfield
A photograph of the species Tephrosia virginiana, not of this specimenTephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.1899Selby, A.D.Marshfield
A photograph of the species Elaphe obsoleta, not of this specimenElaphe obsoleta obsoleta1902Morse, M. (Max)Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio
Melasmia Lév., 18461902Kellerman, W.A.Athens
A photograph of the species Erasmoneura vulnerata, not of this specimenErasmoneura vulnerata (Fitch, 1851)1905not recorded
Eratoneura affinis (Fitch, 1851)1905H.T. Osborn
Eratoneura ardens (McAtee, 1920)1905H.T. Osborn

All 1,199 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel Plant 2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Gravel Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Athens 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
New Marshfield1.9 miles18
New Mansfield2.0 miles18
Hocking2.4 miles15
Luhrig2.6 miles18
Mineral2.8 miles15
Carbondale3.0 miles16
Brookville3.5 miles18
Glen Ebon4.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062764. 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.