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High Hill, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Meigs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43727. It stands on High Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ruraldale quadrangle.

High Hill within Muskingum County

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of High Hill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of High Hill, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed 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 county-history sources

6,413 words on this township

History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Meigs Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The surface of Meigs township is very hilly, the streams having cut deep ravines. through the lime and sandstones of the lower coal-measures. The soil of the lowlands is not of the best quality; that of the hills, composed of disintegrated limestone, is generally good, but deteriorated, to some extent, by injudicious farming. "

Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

Meigs creek drains the southwestern portion of the township; Dyes Fork of Meigs creek, the southeastern; Collins Fork of Wills creek, the northeastern; and Dents creek, the northwestern portion. The branches of these streams ramify throughout the township.

Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

This knob is the source of four streams, viz. : a branch of Meigs creek, one of Wills creek, one of Salt creek, and one of Kents creek - all of which rise within two hundred yards of each other. A mound crowns the summit, from which twelve counties are visible. Tourists often visit High Hill - as the Zanesville and Marietta Road runs by its base - to enjoy the delightful prospect.

Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Meigs Township - it names this place 7 more 7 times.

Fires near this place

11 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of High Hill between 2013 and 2019, burning about 30 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 April 2014Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2014Debris and open burning5.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 March 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15064
23 March 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7385

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 217 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 217 specimens collected within 10 miles of High Hill between 1916 and 1972: 201 Animalia, 16 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Adams, W.; Starrett, J., Adams, William 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
Specimen of Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 18211916O.
Specimen of Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 18781916O.
Anthophoridae1916not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus vagans, not of this specimenBombus vagans Smith, 18541916P.R. Lowry
A photograph of the species Colletes nudus, not of this specimenColletes nudus Robertson, 18981916unknown
A photograph of the species Linognathus vituli, not of this specimenLinognathus vituli (Linnaeus, 1758)1920P. R. Lowry
A photograph of the species Solenopotes capillatus, not of this specimenSolenopotes capillatus Enderlein, 19041920P. R. Lowry
A photograph of the species Strigiphilus Mjoberg, not of this specimenStrigiphilus Mjoberg, 19101920P. R. Lowry
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1931Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.)Harrison Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Elaphe obsoleta, not of this specimenElaphe obsoleta obsoleta1931not recordedPhilo, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambystoma maculatum, not of this specimenAmbystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Philo, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Coluber constrictor, not of this specimenColuber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 17581935Maslowski, K. (Karl) & Dambach, C. A. (Charles A.)Blue Rock Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio

All 217 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of High Hill: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Guernsey QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Central Ohio Coal Co. MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Guernsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ohio Power PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ohio Power PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Puskarich Limestone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Muskingum County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names High Hill in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHigh Hill$5,000The public reported large branches down.

Every storm recorded in Muskingum 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
Zeno2.9 miles14
Spratt3.3 miles14
Freeland3.4 miles15
Museville3.5 miles14
Coal Hill3.7 miles14
Young Hickory3.7 miles14
Saint Clair (historical)4.0 miles14
Smith (historical)4.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048835. 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.