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La Grange, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Upper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45638. It lies in Cecil Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.

La Grange within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of La Grange, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of La Grange, surveyed 1898

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.

Fires nearby

329 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 329 fires within 5 miles of La Grange between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,505 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 61 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 burning145
Arson/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use27
Recreation and ceremony13
Other causes11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM 09/09
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestJANIE FIRE
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBAILEY
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresWayne National ForestPEDRO #2 FIRE
28 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use16 acresWayne National ForestSAND HILL
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWayne National ForestST. MARY'S CHURCH #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 477 shown

Museums hold 477 specimens collected within 10 miles of La Grange between 1890 and 1972: 359 Animalia, 63 Fungi, 54 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartholomew E., Bartholomew Elam 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 Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 19021899[Not Stated]Hanging Rock
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1890SchneckHanging Rock
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Coleosporium vernoniae, not of this specimenColeosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1892Carver Wm.Ironton
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1892W. C. WernerIronton
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania asagrayana, not of this specimenFrullania asagrayana Mont.1892W. C. WernerIronton.
A photograph of the species Hedwigia ciliata, not of this specimenHedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1892W. C. WernerIronton

All 477 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 La Grange: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pedro Mine & MillClay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Brohard PitClayProducer
Ironton Plant Number 85ClayPast Producer
Pedro MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pedro PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Superior Shale Quarry-Bear RunClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms nearby

3 since 2011

The National Weather Service names La Grange in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLa Grange$3,000Downed trees and power lines were observed northeast of Ironton.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Grange$1,000Trees were knocked down on County Road 21.
April 2025HailLa Grange-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
New Castle1.4 miles17
Green Valley2.0 miles17
Vesuvius (historical)2.0 miles17
Coryville2.1 miles17
Hanging Rock2.4 miles17
Ironton2.4 miles17
Hecla2.6 miles17
Royersville2.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076197. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.