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Glen Robbins, Ohio

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43943. The Survey maps it on the Tiltonsville quadrangle.

Glen Robbins within Jefferson County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glen Robbins, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Glen Robbins, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

27 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

15 since 1997

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Glen Robbins between 1997 and 2019, burning about 66 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWINDSOR HEIGHTS
18 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4385
8 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources3629
27 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryOLD SHORT CIRCLE ROAD
23 March 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryINDIAN AVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 183 shown

Museums hold 183 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glen Robbins between 1876 and 1974: 156 Animalia, 25 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Arden R. Gaufin, C.H. Kennedy, Calkins, W. W. 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
A photograph of the species Circus cyaneus, not of this specimenCircus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Mniotilta varia, not of this specimenMniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Betula lenta, not of this specimenBetula lenta L.1877Wertz, H.W.Buffalo Creek near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Ionaspis lacustris, not of this specimenIonaspis lacustris (With.) Lutzoni1893Calkins, W. W.Short Creek
A photograph of the species Taxonus pallicoxus, not of this specimenTaxonus pallicoxus1924C.H. Kennedy
Halictidae1925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Harrisville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Atrichopogon levis, not of this specimenAtrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901)1927not recordedSmithfield
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1927not recorded"Jug Run, Smith-field, OH"""
Macrophya Dahlbom, 18351927C.H. Kennedy

All 183 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Glen Robbins: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dredge No. 16Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms nearby

2 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Glen Robbins in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGlen Robbins$3,000A county 911 official reported that a tree and power lines were blown down near Mount Pleasant.
June 2008HailGlen Robbins-The public reported hail to quarter near Tiltonsville.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Upland Heights1.0 miles27
Grandview Heights1.9 miles27
Jackson Heights2.3 miles27
Tiltonsville2.3 miles27
Glen Run2.3 miles27
Connor2.5 miles27
Connorville2.7 miles27
Highland City2.8 miles27

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 Q122597099The 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 1048789. 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.

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.