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Jordanville, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44432. The Survey maps it on the Lisbon quadrangle.

Jordanville within Columbiana County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jordanville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jordanville, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

23 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Jordanville between 2005 and 2019, burning about 36 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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
3 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5006
9 April 2005Debris and open burning5.6 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2016Smoking3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4667
14 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15145
10 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 650 shown

Museums hold 650 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jordanville between 1884 and 1975: 357 Animalia, 260 Plantae, 32 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Albert Peyron, Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W. 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 Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) MurrillIrpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill1917OverholtsW. Elkton
Specimen of Polyporus galactinus Berk.Polyporus galactinus Berk.1917OverholtsW. Elkton
A photograph of the species Ilex verticillata, not of this specimenIlex verticillata (L.) A.Gray1884Shafer, J.A.near line of Columbiana Co
A photograph of the species Onoclea sensibilis, not of this specimenOnoclea sensibilis L.1884Shafer, J.A.near line of Columbiana County
A photograph of the species Thelypteris palustris, not of this specimenThelypteris palustris var. pubescens (G.Lawson) Fernald1884Shafer, J.A.near line of Columbiana Co
A photograph of the species Chamerion angustifolium, not of this specimenChamerion angustifolium subsp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch1885Shafer, J.A.N.Y.P.U.O.RR, East of Salem
A photograph of the species Micranthes pensylvanica, not of this specimenMicranthes pensylvanica (L.) Haw.1885Shafer, J.A.near line Columbiana Co
A photograph of the species Platanthera lacera, not of this specimenPlatanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don1885Shafer, J.A.; Hill, W.near Columbiana County line
A photograph of the species Toxicodendron vernix, not of this specimenToxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze1885Shafer, J.A.near Columbiana County
A photograph of the species Dryopteris cristata, not of this specimenDryopteris cristata (L.) A.Gray1889Shafer, J.A.near line of Columbiana Co
A photograph of the species Viola L., not of this specimenViola L.1897Holzinger, J.M.Winona County.

All 650 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jordanville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Adams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huffman Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Huffman Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana 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
Lisbon0.7 miles15
Saratoga (historical)0.8 miles15
Logtown2.2 miles15
Lockbridge (historical)3.0 miles15
Elkton3.1 miles15
Coleman3.5 miles15
Newhouse (historical)4.0 miles15
Gavers5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048879. 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.