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Gunnerville, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45335. The Survey maps it on the Port William quadrangle.

Gunnerville within Greene County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gunnerville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gunnerville, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

237,966 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 Jefferson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 237,966 words.

Fires nearby

1 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gunnerville between 2009 and 2009, burning about 4 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
Debris and open burning1

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
21 February 2009Debris and open burning3.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 53 shown

Museums hold 53 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gunnerville between 1878 and 1974: 43 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Borror, D. J. (Donald J.), Carter, J. B. (James B.), De Jong, B. D. 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 Mayetiola destructor, not of this specimenMayetiola destructor (Say, 1817)1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Asplenium rhizophyllum, not of this specimenAsplenium rhizophyllum L.1899Young, W.U."On limestone banks. [Banks of the Ohio River, Clifton]
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimenAsplenium trichomanes L.1899Young, W.U."On limestone rocks. [Banks of the Ohio River, Clifton]
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1899Young, W.U."[Banks of the Ohio River, Clifton]
A photograph of the species Dryopteris marginalis, not of this specimenDryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray1899Young, W.U.
A photograph of the species Pipilo erythrophthalmus, not of this specimenPipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)1910Carter, J. B. (James B.)Smith's Creek, Greene, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Hazard, F. O. et al.Clifton Gorge: near springs & edge of creek, Greene Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea longicauda, not of this specimenEurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818)1929Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Clifton Gorge: near springs & at edge of creek, Greene Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Campbell, L. W. (Louis W.)Miami Twp: Clifton, Greene Co., Ohio
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)1930Earl, T. M. (Thomas M.)Cedarville, Greene, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bufo americanus, not of this specimenBufo americanus Holbrook, 18361930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Campbell, L. W. (Louis W.)Miami Twp: Clifton, Greene Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Campbell, L. W. (Louis W.)Miami Twp: Clifton, Greene Co., Ohio

All 53 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Bowersville2.0 miles11
Paintersville3.0 miles12
Mechanicsville (historical)3.4 miles11
Pattersons Corner3.7 miles14
Shawnee Hills4.9 miles14
Middleton Corner5.2 miles12
Jamestown5.3 miles11
New Jasper5.7 miles14

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 Q122572645The 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 1064776. 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.