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Greendale, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. It stands on Kitchen Run. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.

Greendale within Hocking County

Then and now

1907 to 2002

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 Greendale, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Greendale, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 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

120 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Greendale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony69
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestTRAIL HEAD 5 FIRE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestLABOR FIRE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestPINE FIRE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestHIDEWAY FIRE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestBOX FIRE
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15833
10 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestTWIN
27 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestORV FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 512 shown

Museums hold 512 specimens collected within 10 miles of Greendale between 1894 and 1975: 470 Animalia, 21 Protozoa, 16 Fungi, 5 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, Brodo, Irwin M., Buker, W.E. 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 Stamnaria americana, not of this specimenStamnaria americana Massee & Morgan1894W. A. KellermanLogan
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631909not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631916not recorded
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Lampetra aepyptera, not of this specimenLampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon cinereus, not of this specimenPlethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)1929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio

All 512 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greendale: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Brick Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal. 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
Glen Gery Brick PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Greendale Minerals LeaseClay, CoalPast Producer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast Producer
Kishler Trucking & Mining Clay PitClayProducer
Nutter Brothers Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hocking County

Storms nearby

5 since 1995

The National Weather Service names Greendale in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
May 1995Thunderstorm WindGreendale$3Several large trees were downed, some across roads.
May 2025FloodGreendale-High water was reported over the intersection of State Route 278 and State Route 595.
April 2025FloodGreendale-High water was reported on several roads across the county, including State Routes 93 and 595.
July 2025FloodGreendale-High water was reported near Dawley New Pittsburgh Road and State Route 278.
June 2018Flash FloodGreendale-High water was reported flowing across Route 595.

Every storm recorded in Hocking 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
Kachelmacher (historical)0.4 miles14
Sand Run Junction1.8 miles14
Lost Run (historical)2.5 miles15
Maysville2.5 miles14
Sand Run2.7 miles15
Monday Creek Junction2.8 miles14
Gore2.8 miles14
Old Gore2.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075962. 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.