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

Gath, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45171. The Survey maps it on the Sardinia quadrangle.

Gath within Highland County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gath, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gath, surveyed 1917

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

1 since 2019

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gath between 2019 and 2019, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
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
19 May 2019Fireworks1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15202

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 19 shown

Museums hold 19 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gath between 1916 and 1957: 11 Fungi, 8 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14521, A. B. Seymour, M. Hale 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 Puccinia lateripes Berk. & RavenelPuccinia lateripes Berk. & Ravenel1916A. B. Seymour
Specimen of Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) OrtonPhyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton193914521The Seven Caves, along the Rocky Fork of Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Mowrystown, White Oak Twp., Highland Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambystoma maculatum, not of this specimenAmbystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Stupka, A. (Arthur)S. of Hillsboro, near Brown Co. line, Highland Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepomis megalotis, not of this specimenLepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)1938not recordedEast Fork White Oak Creek, within Highland Co, Highland County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Orconectes rusticus, not of this specimenOrconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)1938R. RhoadesN. Branch of White Oak Creek, 2 mii NE of Buford, Clay Township
A photograph of the species Flavoparmelia caperata, not of this specimenFlavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale1957M. Hale1 mi w of dodsonville
A photograph of the species Myelochroa aurulenta, not of this specimenMyelochroa aurulenta (Tuck.) Elix & Hale1957M. Hale1 mi. w of dodsonville
A photograph of the species Myelochroa galbina, not of this specimenMyelochroa galbina (Ach.) Elix & Hale1957M. Hale1 mi w of dodsonville
Physcia millegrana Degel.1957M. Hale1 mi. w of dodsonville
Physcia stellaris (L.) Nyl.1957M. Hale1 mi w of dodsonville
Punctelia bolliana (Müll.Arg.) Krog1957M. Hale1 mi. w of dodsonville

All 19 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

5 since 2016

The National Weather Service names Gath in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGath$45,000At a farm property on New Market Road, a collection of grain bins was heavily damaged, with one bin pulled down completely.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGath$10,000A garage was destroyed with metal blown straight out into a field on Hereford Rd. A large tree was split by the garage.
September 2018FloodGath$1,000Several roads were closed in Highland County due to high water. A person had to be rescued from a stranded vehicle on Gath Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGath$1,000A tree was downed on State Route 321 between Buford and Mowrystown.
August 2016Flash FloodGath-As much as one foot of water was reported on Gath Rd. near State Route 321 west of Mowrystown. High water was also reported on Seamer Road.

Every storm recorded in Highland 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
Buford2.3 miles13
Mowrystown3.4 miles14
Hollowtown3.5 miles13
Taylorsville3.8 miles14
Sicily (historical)4.0 miles13
Needfull4.1 miles13
Harwood5.2 miles12
Pricetown5.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061089. 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.

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.