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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.

Garden City within Scioto County

Then and now

1926 to 2002

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Garden City, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Garden City, surveyed 1926

Compare 1926 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

In the 1903 county history

7,364 words on this township

The 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 1997

The 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 burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5485
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1821
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8765
21 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13285
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scioto County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 371 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1884H. MoresScioto River
Specimen of Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 18291896not recordedScioto River
Specimen of Peronospora polygoni Halst.Peronospora polygoni Halst.1897F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Campeloma Rafinesque, not of this specimenCampeloma Rafinesque, 18191885Ch. R. OrcuttScioto River
A photograph of the species Helmitheros vermivorum, not of this specimenHelmitheros vermivorum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1890Edwin H. EamesCulvertown
A photograph of the species Ambystoma opacum, not of this specimenAmbystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807)1897Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Sympetrum Newman, not of this specimenSympetrum Newman, 18331897J. HinePortsmouth
A photograph of the species Sympetrum obtrusum, not of this specimenSympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1867)1897J. HinePortsmouth
Specimen of Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 18201909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Pond Run, Portsmouth
Specimen of Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Portsmouth
Specimen of Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 18201909not recordedPortsmouth, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias kleiniana, not of this specimenCyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852)1910Ortmann, Arnold EPortsmouth

All 371 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenup MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Creek Clay BedClayProspect
Sciotoville ClayIron, Aluminum, Silica, TitaniumOccurrence1861
Blair QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scioto 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
Allentown0.8 miles16
Sand Hill0.8 miles16
Wheelersburg1.6 miles16
Crestview Park2.5 miles16
Sciotodale3.3 miles12
Sciotoville4.0 miles12
Slocum4.1 miles12
Happy Hours Addition4.3 miles12

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.