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Higby, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. It lies in Opossum Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Richmond Dale quadrangle.

Higby within Ross County

Then and now

1906 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Higby, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Higby, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

48 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Higby between 2005 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ross County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 781 shown

Museums hold 781 specimens collected within 10 miles of Higby between 1923 and 1975: 706 Animalia, 50 Fungi, 20 Plantae, 5 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Lincoln, A. Cronquist, A. Spreitzer 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 Aceria ulmicola, not of this specimenAceria ulmicola Nalepa, 19091923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Richmond Dale, Ross Co., OH, U.S.A.
A photograph of the species Sceloporus undulatus, not of this specimenSceloporus undulatus (Bosc & Daudin, 1801)1926ROBT ENDERS3 MI N ALMA
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Salt Creek, near US 50, east of Londonderry OH, Liberty Township
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus hinei Trautman, 19561929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma variatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma variatum Kirtland, 18401929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma zonale, not of this specimenEtheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)1929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Hybopsis Agassiz, not of this specimenHybopsis Agassiz, 18541929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu dolomieu Lacepède, 18021929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Notropis deliciosus, not of this specimenNotropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township

All 781 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Higby: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Southern Silica Inc PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Southern Silica Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Miami Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miami Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parry CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Parry Silica Sand and Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ross 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
Rittenours1.9 miles11
Richmond Dale2.8 miles11
Pride3.0 miles13
Canada (historical)3.2 miles11
Antonis3.3 miles13
Rupels3.9 miles12
Three Locks4.5 miles15
Lickskillet4.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064834. 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.