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Leyda, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brown Township. The Survey maps it on the Malvern quadrangle.

Leyda within Carroll County

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leyda, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Leyda, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

26 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Leyda between 2004 and 2018, burning about 104 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1321
2 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources886
2 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2013Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 252 shown

Museums hold 252 specimens collected within 10 miles of Leyda between 1927 and 1975: 187 Animalia, 65 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, E. J., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Baker, C. 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
A photograph of the species Achalarus lyciades, not of this specimenAchalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)1927C.W. Baker
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 18501928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma zonale, not of this specimenEtheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Notropis deliciosus, not of this specimenNotropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township

All 252 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Leyda: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Malvern MillClayPast Producer
Minerva PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Minerva PitClayPast Producer
Louis Petros Sons, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Malvern PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Malvern PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oneida Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Bon Air Estates0.8 miles16
Sandy Hills Estates1.1 miles16
Oneida2.1 miles16
Hibbetts2.3 miles14
Malvern2.9 miles16
Minerva Junction2.9 miles16
Rolling Homes3.0 miles16
Pekin3.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056399. 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.