Hanersville, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Gallipolis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45631. It stands on Little Chickamauga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gallipolis quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
16 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Point Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Gallipolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
55 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hanersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5606 |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8687 |
| 15 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | REDMOND RIDGE ROAD |
| 15 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | KRODEL POND |
| 3 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5005 |
| 22 June 1999 | Fireworks | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PT. PLEASANT |
| 5 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4266 |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 365 shownMuseums hold 365 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hanersville between 1862 and 1973: 191 Animalia, 118 Fungi, 42 Plantae, 12 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer, W. A., Babcocks D. O., C. Gilbert & J. Henshall 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Carex communis var. communis | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Cheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Moxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Near Gallipolis, Racoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis blennius (Girard, 1856) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Percina copelandi (Jordan, 1877) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis (Pers.) Lév. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces trifolii (R.Hedw.) Lév., 1847 | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
All 365 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hanersville: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eppling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt Epling Gallipolis Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Queen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Queen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2008The National Weather Service names Hanersville in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Heavy Rain | Hanersville | $10,000 | The cooperative observer in Gallipolis measured 2.7 inches for the 24 hours, most of which fell in less than 2 hours.||Street flooding was seen, this included the intersection Route 558 with Bob McCormick Road. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Hanersville | $1,000 | Minor backwater flooding was seen along the Ohio River. The river gauge on the West Virginia side crested at 41.3 at Point Pleasant. Flood stage is 40 feet. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Village | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lawnview | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Town and Country Estates | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Grandview Estates | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mills | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Orchard Hill | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hedgewood | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mills Village | 1.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122547664 | The 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 1075992. 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.

























