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

Hunter, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brookfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43724. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hunter within Noble County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hunter (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hunter (historical), surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

20 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hunter (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 12 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15250
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15265
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14105
14 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14706
12 April 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14385
6 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1627

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 41 shown

Museums hold 41 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hunter (historical) between 1902 and 1974: 26 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood, D M DENNIS, DAVID M SEVER 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 Daedalea ambigua, not of this specimenDaedalea ambigua Berk.1902Lloyd C. G.Glenwood
A photograph of the species Erysiphe polygoni, not of this specimenErysiphe polygoni DC.1912E. BartholomewCaldwell
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon cinereus, not of this specimenPlethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pseudacris crucifer, not of this specimenPseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pseudacris triseriata, not of this specimenPseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Aureolaria flava, not of this specimenAureolaria flava (L.) Farw.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
A photograph of the species Dicentra canadensis, not of this specimenDicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
A photograph of the species Dicentra cucullaria, not of this specimenDicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
A photograph of the species Polygonia interrogationis, not of this specimenPolygonia interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798)1942not recordedToledo

All 41 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hunter (historical): 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay. 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
Ava PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Guernsey QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lawrence King Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Guernsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
King Quarries ExtensionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
King QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Noble 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
Scott (historical)1.8 miles13
Hiramsburg2.5 miles13
Ava3.2 miles13
Coal Ridge3.5 miles13
Glenwood4.2 miles13
Hoskinsville4.5 miles13
Belle Valley4.9 miles13
Renrock (historical)5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065543. 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.