Geography Hall, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Youngstown City. It lies in ZIP code area 44505. The Survey maps it on the Campbell quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1906 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Campbell quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Campbell quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Campbell quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Campbell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Youngstown quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Youngstown city, in the words of 1907.
First English Opposition
Samuel Argat. a young English sea captain from Virginia, who early in 161 3 was cruising off the coast of Maine, learning from the Indians of the presence of the French in that vicinity, attacked and destroyed the settlement of St. Sauveur. Soon after, on a second expediliou made under the authority of Sir Thomas Dale, governor of Virginia, he destroyed also that of Port Royal.
Fires nearby
10 since 2010The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Geography Hall between 2010 and 2020, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15243 |
| 10 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15837 |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15244 |
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15822 |
| 15 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15216 |
| 14 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15215 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15728 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15644 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 215 shownMuseums hold 215 specimens collected within 10 miles of Geography Hall between 1853 and 1974: 140 Animalia, 73 Plantae, 1 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Daugherty, B Withers, Baird, S. F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1891 | W. H. Olney | Poland |
![]() | Eurytoma pater Girault, 1920 | 1915 | W. Phillips | Youngstown |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1853 | not recorded | Poland, Yellow Creek |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | C. Kirtland | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
All 215 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Geography Hall: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Slag/ Struthers, Ohio | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Us Steel/ Youngstown, Ohio | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGuffey Heights | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Coitsville Center | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fitch | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thorn Hill | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Scienceville | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Campbell | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Crab Creek Junction | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Haselton | 3.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556877 | The 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 1048775. 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.
























