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Kinsman, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wheeling Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43950. It stands on Pogue Run. The Survey maps it on the Harrisville quadrangle.

Kinsman within Belmont County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kinsman, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kinsman, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 1903 county history

2,022 words on this township

The county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wheeling Township covers township organization, population and tax levy, numerous mills of the pioneer days, some of the early settlers, the first elections, township officials.

Read the chapter on Wheeling Township - 2,022 words.

Fires nearby

11 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Kinsman between 2003 and 2020, burning about 13 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
15 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15252
23 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9667
14 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12685
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12065
28 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12045
27 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10647

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 831 shown

Museums hold 831 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kinsman between 1829 and 1975: 627 Plantae, 107 Fungi, 96 Animalia, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. D. Selby & E. L. Moseley, A. D. Selby & J. F. Hicks 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 Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829Racodium E.M.Fries, 18291829J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 17631839J.R. Paddock
A photograph of the species Persicaria virginiana, not of this specimenPersicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.1835E. WilkinsonOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sparganioides, not of this specimenCarex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.1837B. FrankOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sullivantii, not of this specimenCarex × sullivantii Boott1842W. S. SullivantOhio
A photograph of the species Homalothecium subcapillatum, not of this specimenHomalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull.1843D. Sullivan
A photograph of the species Euphorbia maculata, not of this specimenEuphorbia maculata L.1844S. B. MeadOhio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Carex gracilescens, not of this specimenCarex gracilescens Steud.1847G. B. AshcroftOhio
A photograph of the species Carex stricta, not of this specimenCarex stricta Lam.1853E. L. MoseleyOhio
A photograph of the species Cylindrothecium seductrix, not of this specimenCylindrothecium seductrix (Hedw.) Sull.1863D. Sullivan
Gymnostomum rupestre Schleich. ex Schwägr.1865unknown

All 831 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
Midway0.7 miles17
Wheeling Valley (historical)1.1 miles17
Blainesville1.2 miles17
Maynard1.5 miles17
Highland Terrace1.7 miles17
Fairpoint1.8 miles17
Crescent2.6 miles18
Provident2.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048888. 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.