Hazael, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lebanon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45743. It stands on DeWitt Run. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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
15 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.
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Keno quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
28 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Hazael between 1993 and 2020, burning about 94 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14645 |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1401 |
| 3 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1442 |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7825 |
| 6 April 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BULL RUN |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14585 |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7929 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 286 shownMuseums hold 286 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hazael between 1905 and 1973: 237 Animalia, 29 Fungi, 18 Plantae, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by BRYAN, C R; BRYAN, B A, C. H. Jones, Carroll H. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1940 | Carroll, G. | Big Spruce Creek |
![]() | Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée | 1945 | Cooke, V. | Ravenswood |
![]() | Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub | 1964 | Wistendahl, J.D. | Athens. Sportsman Club Road, roadside ravine. Forked Run State Park. |
| Alternaria solani Sorauer | 1905 | Post A. Lee | Ravenswood | |
![]() | Ascochyta hydrangeae (Ellis & Everh.) Aksel | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ravenswood |
![]() | Cercospora angustata Chupp & Solheim | 1906 | Sheldon J. L. | Ravenswood |
![]() | Cercospora ribis Earle | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ravenswood |
| Colletotrichum lagenaria (Pass.) Ellis & Halst. | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ravenswood | |
![]() | Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni | 1906 | Sheldon J. L. | Ravenswood |
![]() | Cylindrosporium padi P.Karst. | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ravenswood |
| Entomosporium maculatum Lév. | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ravenswood | |
![]() | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1906 | Sheldon John L. | Ravenswood |
All 286 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hazael: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weber Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shade River | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bald Knobs | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Long Bottom | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Stiversville | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Merritt | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Elden (historical) | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bashan | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Portland | 3.6 miles | 15 |
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 Q122539612 | 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 1062810. 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.























