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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Hoadley, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45656. The Survey maps it on the Gallia quadrangle.

Hoadley within Gallia County

Then and now

1912 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hoadley, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Hoadley, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 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

86 since 1995

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Hoadley between 1995 and 2020, burning about 626 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1

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
1 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestUNION FIRE
7 April 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestKENNISON
2 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWayne National ForestFRIDAY
2 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresWayne National ForestFIRST FIRE
2 April 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWayne National ForestHURRICANE HILL
2 April 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestTURNER
18 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWayne National ForestHOADLEY ROAD 2 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 22 shown

Museums hold 22 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hoadley between 1899 and 1969: 16 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Cooper, C. S. (Carolyn S.) & Moore, C. (Charles), F. Bartley 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 Gomphus lividus, not of this specimenGomphus lividus Selys, 18541899[Not Stated]Waterloo
A photograph of the species Illosporium malifoliorum, not of this specimenIllosporium malifoliorum J.Sheld.1909Starcher Bros.Gallia
A photograph of the species Coleosporium carneum, not of this specimenColeosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1916Houser J. S.Gallia
A photograph of the species Lepomis megalotis, not of this specimenLepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Symmes Creek, within southeast Symmes township, near Arabia, Symmes township
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Symmes Creek, within southeast Symmes township, near Arabia, Symmes township
A photograph of the species Hemidactylium scutatum, not of this specimenHemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838)1933Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Dury, R. (Ralph)swamp, N of Gallia, Gallia Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon glutinosus, not of this specimenPlethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818)1933Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Dury, R. (Ralph)swamp, N of Gallia, Gallia Co., Ohio
Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 18501933Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Dury, R. (Ralph)swamp, N of Gallia, Gallia Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821933Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Dury, R. (Ralph)swamp, N of Gallia, Gallia Co., Ohio
Ranidae1933Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Dury, R. (Ralph)swamp, N of Gallia, Gallia Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambystoma opacum, not of this specimenAmbystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807)1934Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)swamp pond, near Gallia, Gallia Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Notophthalmus viridescens, not of this specimenNotophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)1934Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)swamp pond, near Gallia, Gallia Co., Ohio

All 22 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
Peniel2.5 miles11
Gallia4.5 miles11
McDaniel Crossroad5.2 miles12
Cadmus7.2 miles12
Flag Spring7.3 miles14
Centerpoint8.1 miles12
Gage9.3 miles12
Tynrhos (historical)10.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076054. 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.