Garden City, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Porter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45694. It stands on Lick Run. The Survey maps it on the Wheelersburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1926 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1926 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
In the 1903 county history
7,364 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Porter Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Porter Township - 7,364 words.
Fires nearby
122 since 1997The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Garden City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5485 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1821 |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8765 |
| 21 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13285 |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 371 shownMuseums hold 371 specimens collected within 10 miles of Garden City between 1884 and 1974: 308 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Anson A. Hinkley, Aschinger, H. (Henry), Beattie R. K.; May 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1884 | H. Mores | Scioto River |
![]() | Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829 | 1896 | not recorded | Scioto River |
![]() | Peronospora polygoni Halst. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Campeloma Rafinesque, 1819 | 1885 | Ch. R. Orcutt | Scioto River |
![]() | Helmitheros vermivorum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1890 | Edwin H. Eames | Culvertown |
![]() | Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) | 1897 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio |
![]() | Sympetrum Newman, 1833 | 1897 | J. Hine | Portsmouth |
![]() | Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1867) | 1897 | J. Hine | Portsmouth |
![]() | Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820 | 1909 | Bureau of Fisheries | Ohio River, Pond Run, Portsmouth |
![]() | Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | Bureau of Fisheries | Ohio River, Portsmouth |
![]() | Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 | 1909 | not recorded | Portsmouth, Ohio River |
![]() | Cyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852) | 1910 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Portsmouth |
All 371 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Garden City: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron, Aluminum, Silica, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenup Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Sciotoville Clay | Iron, Aluminum, Silica, Titanium | Occurrence | 1861 | |
| Blair Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Hill | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wheelersburg | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Crestview Park | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sciotodale | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sciotoville | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Slocum | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Happy Hours Addition | 4.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075892. 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.



























