Ida, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45696. The Survey maps it on the Aid quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 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.
- 1906 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Aid quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
107 since 1995The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Ida (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 953 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15245 |
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | WILGUS |
| 23 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11367 |
| 19 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | NORMAN |
| 1 August 2013 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1661 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 505 shownMuseums hold 505 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ida (historical) between 1840 and 1974: 453 Animalia, 26 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bartholomew E., Bartholomew, E., Beale J. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter | 1892 | W.A. Kellerman | Symmes Creek |
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | 1840 | Short, C.W. | along Ohio River |
![]() | Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Waterloo |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1900 | not recorded | Guyandotte River |
![]() | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1903 | Beale J. M. | Guyandotte |
![]() | Cladosporium carpophilum Thüm. | 1906 | C.M. Davidson | |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1921 | George C. Withey | Deering, 11 miles east of |
| Frommea obtusa (F.Strauss) Arthur | 1922 | Bartholomew E. | Chesapeake | |
| Frommeella tormentillae (Fuckel) Cummins & Y.Hirats. | 1922 | E. Bartholomew | Chesapeake |
All 505 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ida (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brammer Const Co Pit No 1 | Clay | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbston | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Suiter | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Willow Wood | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Scottown | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Linnville | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Polkadotte | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Rappsburg | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cebee | 4.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067443. 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.
























