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Garfield, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Coal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45692. The Survey maps it on the Wellston quadrangle.

Garfield within Jackson County

Then and now

1913 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Garfield, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Garfield, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

38 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Garfield between 2006 and 2019, burning about 166 acres in total. None 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5145
13 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15176

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,323 shown

Museums hold 1,323 specimens collected within 10 miles of Garfield between 1878 and 1975: 662 Animalia, 596 Plantae, 60 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 'Odell, D., A. Cronquist, A. M. Evans 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 Metzgeria furcata (L.) CordaMetzgeria furcata (L.) Corda1925Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorWhite's Gulch
Specimen of CalodonCalodon1936Cooke, William BridgeLittle Salt Creek
Specimen of Calvatia caelata (Bull.) MorganCalvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan1936Cooke, William BridgeLittle Salt Creek
A photograph of the species Houstonia caerulea, not of this specimenHoustonia caerulea L.1878Guttenberg, G.Hamden
A photograph of the species Krigia biflora, not of this specimenKrigia biflora (Walter) S.F.Blake1878Guttenberg, G.Hamden
A photograph of the species Luzula multiflora, not of this specimenLuzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej.1878NoneHamden
A photograph of the species Plantago lanceolata, not of this specimenPlantago lanceolata L.1878Guttenberg, G.Hamden
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 17581899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Rorippa Scop., not of this specimenRorippa Scop.1905F. Bartley3 mi south of Jackson
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1915Hedgcock G. G.Jackson
A photograph of the species Trametes robiniophila, not of this specimenTrametes robiniophila Murrill1916MCCLEDROTLE G. A.?Coalton
A photograph of the species Eriophyes laevis, not of this specimenEriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889)1923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A.

All 1,323 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Garfield: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jackson County Hwy Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cambria Clay Brick Plant #5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Durex MillFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Coalton0.8 miles14
Englishville1.0 miles14
Morgantown (historical)1.1 miles14
Glen Nell1.7 miles12
Davisville1.8 miles14
Altoona1.9 miles14
Jonestown2.1 miles14
Glen Roy2.3 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GarfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85762736The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048771. 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.