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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Limestone, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bloomfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45640. It stands on Grassy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Limestone within Jackson County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Limestone (historical), surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Limestone (historical), surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

22 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Limestone (historical) between 2006 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1
Smoking1
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
16 August 2007Naturalunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8586
21 May 2019Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15197
7 April 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 March 2009Debris and open burning9.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 579 shown

Museums hold 579 specimens collected within 10 miles of Limestone (historical) between 1899 and 1974: 244 Animalia, 189 Plantae, 141 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Bartley, F., Beach, S. (Sam) 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 Metzgeria furcata (L.) CordaMetzgeria furcata (L.) Corda1925Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorWhite's Gulch
Specimen of Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De ToniCyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni1936Cooke, William BridgeDark Hollow
Specimen of Daedalea ambigua Berk.Daedalea ambigua Berk.1936Cooke, William BridgeDark Hollow
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 17581899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Rorippa Scop., not of this specimenRorippa Scop.1905F. Bartley3 mi south of Jackson
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1915Hedgcock G. G.Jackson
A photograph of the species Eriophyes laevis, not of this specimenEriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889)1923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A.
unnamed1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Bazzania trilobata, not of this specimenBazzania trilobata (L.) Gray1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Calypogeia trichomanis, not of this specimenCalypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Cephalozia bicuspidata, not of this specimenCephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Cephalozia curvifolia, not of this specimenCephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch

All 579 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 Limestone (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General, 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
Clarion ClayAluminum, Titanium, Silica, IronOccurrence
Zoar Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Zoar Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
A.P. Green Refractories Co. PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Cedar Heights Clay PitsClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Cedar Heights Clay PitsClayProducer
Davis Brick Plant #2Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Rempel1.4 miles10
Vega1.7 miles11
Pyro2.1 miles10
Winchester2.3 miles10
Clay2.4 miles10
Rocky Hill2.5 miles10
McKitterick (historical)3.2 miles10
Banner3.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067415. 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.