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Lombardy Heights, Ohio

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pease Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43912. It lies in Dandelion Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wheeling quadrangle.

Lombardy Heights within Belmont County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lombardy Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Lombardy Heights, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

27 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

11,634 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 Pease Township covers township organization, increase in population and wealth, the first, settlements, the old mills and meeting houses, coal mining, fruit.

Read the chapter on Pease Township - 11,634 words.

Fires nearby

22 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lombardy Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. None 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
13 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBENWOOD - FALLOVA DRIVE
6 May 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryPINE HILL ROAD
20 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryTURKEY VULTURE FIRE
18 April 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWV RT. 2
17 April 2019Debris and open burning1.1 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15159
13 April 2018Arson/incendiarism11 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryNORTH PARK
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15448
25 March 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryBROWNS RUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,249 shown

Museums hold 1,249 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lombardy Heights between 1800 and 1975: 1,039 Plantae, 117 Fungi, 91 Animalia, 2 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
Specimen of Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 1860Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 18601975not recorded
A photograph of the species Houstonia caerulea, not of this specimenHoustonia caerulea L.1800Guttenberg, G.near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Robinia L., not of this specimenRobinia L.1829Guttenberg, G.Wheeling
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

All 1,249 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lombardy Heights: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron, Bituminous, 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
Ayers Limestone Quarry,Inc.Bituminous, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wheeling-Pgh/ Martins Ferry, OhioIronUnknown
Ayers Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Benwood PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Belmont 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
Bridgeport0.2 miles27
Aetnaville0.7 miles27
West Wheeling0.8 miles27
Brookside1.0 miles18
Riverview1.1 miles27
Boydsville1.4 miles18
Martins Ferry1.8 miles27
Presidential Estates2.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1806763. 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.