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Glenndale, Ohio

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Pease Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43935. It stands on Patton Run. The Survey maps it on the Tiltonsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Glenndale within Belmont 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 Glenndale (historical), surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Glenndale (historical), 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.

In the 1903 county history

11,634 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 Pease Township covers township organization, increase in population and wealth, the first, settlements, the old mills and meeting houses, coal mining, fruit.

Read the chapter on Pease Township - 11,634 words.

Fires nearby

14 since 1997

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Glenndale (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
18 April 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWV RT. 2
17 April 2019Debris and open burning1.1 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15159
13 April 2018Arson/incendiarism11 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryNORTH PARK
20 March 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 February 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWARWOOD AVE.
3 November 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 528 shown

Museums hold 528 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glenndale (historical) between 1800 and 1975: 457 Plantae, 54 Animalia, 16 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.J. Sharp, ALBERT P BLAIR, Abbott, R 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 unnamed1972W. T. Johnson
Specimen of Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 1860Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 18601975not recorded
A photograph of the species Houstonia caerulea, not of this specimenHoustonia caerulea L.1800Guttenberg, G.near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Robinia L., not of this specimenRobinia L.1829Guttenberg, G.Wheeling
A photograph of the species Geum canadense, not of this specimenGeum canadense Jacq.1870Mertz, H.N.Wheeling Hills near Mahum Creek
A photograph of the species Toxicodendron radicans, not of this specimenToxicodendron radicans subsp. negundo (Greene) Gillis1870Mertz, W.N.Wheeling
A photograph of the species Viola arvensis, not of this specimenViola arvensis Murray1870Guttenberg, H.G.Near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Sphenopholis obtusata, not of this specimenSphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.1872E. S. MillerWheeling.
A photograph of the species Acer dasycarpum, not of this specimenAcer dasycarpum Ehrh.1876Mertz, H.N.Wheeling
A photograph of the species Diplazium pycnocarpon, not of this specimenDiplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun1876Guttenberg, G.near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Dryopteris goldiana, not of this specimenDryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray1876H. N. Mertz
A photograph of the species Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, not of this specimenPseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt1876Mertz, H.N.Wheeling

All 528 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 Glenndale (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron, Bituminous, 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
Ayers Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ayers Limestone Quarry,Inc.Bituminous, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wheeling-Pgh/ Martins Ferry, OhioIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Belmont 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
Florence1.0 miles27
Yorkville1.5 miles27
Terminal Junction1.7 miles27
Martins Ferry2.7 miles27
Aetnaville3.7 miles27
Morningview4.3 miles17
Sunset Heights4.4 miles18
Lombardy Heights4.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1068725. 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.