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Gracey, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45773. It stands on Lick Prong Run. The Survey maps it on the Belmont quadrangle.

Gracey within Washington County

Then and now

1904 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gracey, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Gracey, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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 1902 county history

14,305 words on this township

The county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Lawrence Township covers general physical features and geological formation, first settlement, old families, eccentric characters, german emigration, scotch emigration.

Read the chapter on Lawrence Township - 14,305 words.

Fires nearby

19 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Gracey between 2001 and 2020, burning about 46 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National Forest15 MILE FIRE
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestNEFF RIDGE
30 August 2012Smokingunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestrySOUTH PLEASANTS HIGHWAY - MON POWER
10 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National ForestSEVEN
8 May 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWayne National ForestKINDERHOOK
5 April 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresWayne National Forest15 MILE
3 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestMT. PISGAH
31 March 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresWayne National ForestBIG ERNIE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,050 shown

Museums hold 1,050 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gracey between 1853 and 1975: 965 Animalia, 47 Fungi, 36 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Drew, A. L. McElhose 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 Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr.Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr.1923W.G. StonerMarietta
Specimen of Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1932C. MayMarietta
Specimen of Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers.Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers.1932L.W.R.J.Nursery, Marietta
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1853E. AndrewsMarietta, Ohio
A photograph of the species Actinonaias carinata, not of this specimenActinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900)1879W. HoldenOhio River, Near Marietta
A photograph of the species Necturus maculosus, not of this specimenNecturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)1886Georg BaurMarietta
A photograph of the species Icteria virens, not of this specimenIcteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Shufeldt, R.Marietta
A photograph of the species Progne subis, not of this specimenProgne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Shufeldt, R.Marietta
A photograph of the species Eragrostis hypnoides, not of this specimenEragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1896A. D. SelbyRainbow.
A photograph of the species Plasmopara viticola, not of this specimenPlasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni1896F.L. StevensMarietta
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias kleiniana, not of this specimenCyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852)1897Sterki, VictorMarietta
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias pustulosa, not of this specimenCyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1897Sterki, VictorMarietta

All 1,050 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

1 since 2015

The National Weather Service names Gracey in 1 storm report between 2015 and 2015: 1 hail. 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
June 2015HailGracey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Cow Run1.0 miles19
Schley2.1 miles19
Fay2.2 miles19
Sitka2.4 miles19
Moss Run2.6 miles19
Dart3.4 miles19
Hills3.6 miles19
Dell3.8 miles19

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 GraceyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133356The 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 1075944. 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.