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Maysville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. It stands on Monkey Run. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.

Maysville within Hocking County

Then and now

1907 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Maysville, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Maysville, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

120 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Maysville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony58
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestTRAIL HEAD 5 FIRE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestHIDEWAY FIRE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestBOX FIRE
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15833
10 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestTWIN
27 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestORV FIRE
20 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15832
20 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestBARNES FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,670 shown

Museums hold 1,670 specimens collected within 10 miles of Maysville between 1874 and 1975: 1,285 Animalia, 294 Plantae, 57 Fungi, 34 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, Aaron J. Sharp, Bales, B. R. 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 Bonasa Stephens, not of this specimenBonasa Stephens, 18191874not recordedLancaster or Sugar Grove, Hocking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Stamnaria americana, not of this specimenStamnaria americana Massee & Morgan1894W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631909not recorded
A photograph of the species Agkistrodon contortrix, not of this specimenAgkistrodon contortrix mokasen Palisot de Beauvois, 17991910Fulton, B. B.Hocking Co., Ohio
Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1927Dawson, W. L. (William Leon)Clear Creek, Hocking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bryoxiphium norvegicum, not of this specimenBryoxiphium norvegicum (Brid.) Mitt.1927C. E. O'Neal
A photograph of the species Microtus pinetorum, not of this specimenMicrotus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830)1927Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Goodhope Twp. Neotoma, Hocking Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
Compsothlypis Cabanis, 18511928Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Clear Creek, Hocking, Ohio, USA
Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823)1928Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Clear Cr., Hocking Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township

All 1,670 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 17 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Maysville: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Brick Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Greendale Minerals LeaseClay, CoalPast Producer
Hocking PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Maxville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Glen Gery Brick PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hocking 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
Old Gore2.1 miles14
Greendale2.5 miles14
Kachelmacher (historical)2.5 miles14
Gore2.5 miles14
Winona (historical)3.1 miles14
Monday Creek Junction3.3 miles14
Webb Summit3.3 miles14
Oreville3.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076351. 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.