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Greeleyville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Salt Lick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43782. It lies in Jobs Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Lexington quadrangle.

Greeleyville within Perry County

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greeleyville, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Greeleyville, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

49 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Greeleyville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Other causes4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestDUKES OF HAZZARD
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestTRUCK FIRE
21 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestSTUMP
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1921
13 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestSTONE CHURCH FIRE
13 June 2016Smokingunder an acreWayne National ForestCUNNINGHAM
4 May 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1123
27 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestBARN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 225 shown

Museums hold 225 specimens collected within 10 miles of Greeleyville between 1890 and 1975: 175 Animalia, 25 Fungi, 18 Plantae, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Coker W. C. 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 Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) ArthurPucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur1891W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Phaeoceros carolinianus, not of this specimenPhaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.1890W. C. WernerRendville.
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Anthoceros punctatus, not of this specimenAnthoceros punctatus L.1891not recordedRendville
A photograph of the species Ascocoryne cylichnium, not of this specimenAscocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf1891W. A. Kellerman
Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Callicladium haldanianum, not of this specimenCallicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Hypnum jutlandicum, not of this specimenHypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke1891W. C. WernerRendville
Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst.1891W. A. KellermanRendville

All 225 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Greeleyville: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast Producer
Kishler Clay PitClayProducer
Nutter Brothers Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Turkey Run Mine Johnson City ClayClayProducer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
McCuneville1.4 miles14
Dicksonton (historical)2.1 miles14
Bristol2.2 miles14
Dixie2.2 miles14
Shawnee2.4 miles15
Whipstown2.5 miles14
Claybank (historical)2.9 miles14
Oconorville (historical)3.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062479. 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.