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

Madland, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Bloom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45682. It stands on Youngs Branch. The Survey maps it on the South Webster quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Madland within Scioto County

Then and now

1912 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Madland (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Madland (historical), surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

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.

In the 1903 county history

4,336 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 Bloom Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bloom Township - 4,336 words.

Fires nearby

95 since 1995

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Madland (historical) between 1995 and 2019, burning about 818 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
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
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestPOPLAR FLATS
30 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5425
15 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestSILVER
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWayne National Forest132 TRUCK
26 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestCLINTON FIRE
24 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestSPUR A FIRE
17 June 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM 04/11/10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scioto County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 57 shown

Museums hold 57 specimens collected within 10 miles of Madland (historical) between 1896 and 1974: 48 Animalia, 5 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Aschinger, H. (Henry), C. Stein, DUELLMAN, W E 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 Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Planesticus Bonaparte, not of this specimenPlanesticus Bonaparte, 18541898not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sayornis phoebe, not of this specimenSayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sphyrapicus varius, not of this specimenSphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766)1898not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Baeolophus bicolor, not of this specimenBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Cyanocitta cristata, not of this specimenCyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dendroica castanea, not of this specimenDendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sitta canadensis, not of this specimenSitta canadensis Linnaeus, 17661899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Alternaria Nees, not of this specimenAlternaria Nees1919Ricker A. J.Wheelersburg
A photograph of the species Puccinia graminis, not of this specimenPuccinia graminis Pers.1919Riker A. J.Wheelersburg
A photograph of the species Puccinia rubigo-vera, not of this specimenPuccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton1919Riker A. J.Wheelersburg

All 57 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 Madland (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bonclay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Bondclay MineClayPast Producer
South Webster PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
South Webster PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scioto 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
Bloom Junction3.0 miles10
Andre3.0 miles13
Hales Creek3.3 miles10
Lyra3.4 miles13
South Webster4.2 miles10
Bondclay4.2 miles13
Scioto Furnace5.0 miles12
Eifort5.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049397. 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.