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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Forestdale, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45638. It lies in Stanley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Kitts Hill quadrangle.

Forestdale within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Forestdale, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Forestdale, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

105 since 1994

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Forestdale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Natural1

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 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestIRONTON #1 FIRE
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2204
29 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestCABIN
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreWayne National ForestLONE TREE
24 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM 07/24
2 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWayne National ForestBUSHEL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 671 shown

Museums hold 671 specimens collected within 10 miles of Forestdale between 1840 and 1972: 526 Animalia, 85 Fungi, 58 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartholomew E., Bartholomew Elam 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 Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.WinterMicrosphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter1892W.A. KellermanSymmes Creek
Specimen of Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 19021899[Not Stated]Hanging Rock
A photograph of the species Polanisia dodecandra, not of this specimenPolanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.1840Short, C.W.along Ohio River
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBig Sandy River, near mouth
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1890SchneckHanging Rock
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Coleosporium vernoniae, not of this specimenColeosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1892Carver Wm.Ironton
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1892W. C. WernerIronton
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. Werner

All 671 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Forestdale: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Ashland Oil/ Catlettsburg, Ky.SulfurUnknown
Brammer Const Co Pit No 2ClayProducer
Ironton Plant Number 85ClayPast Producer
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms nearby

1 since 2023

The National Weather Service names Forestdale in 1 storm report between 2023 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindForestdale-A tree fell down onto a local road near Coal Grove. Close by in South Point, another area of trees were blown down onto County Road 1. Some of the trees rested along power lines while the others fell onto the road and obstructed traffic.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Deering1.1 miles13
Three Oaks2.0 miles17
Sheridan2.3 miles23
Coal Grove2.3 miles17
Sunrise3.1 miles23
Rock Camp3.5 miles13
Hecla3.7 miles17
Clearview3.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075866. 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.

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.