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McCoppin Mill, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45133. It stands on Franklin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rainsboro quadrangle.

McCoppin Mill within Highland County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McCoppin Mill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of McCoppin Mill, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

13 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of McCoppin Mill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 51 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3

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
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15472
19 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12505
16 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 February 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,497 shown

Museums hold 1,497 specimens collected within 10 miles of McCoppin Mill between 1876 and 1975: 1,013 Animalia, 375 Fungi, 96 Plantae, 10 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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 Aecidium asterum Schwein.Aecidium asterum Schwein.1895F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Puccinia podophylli Schwein.Puccinia podophylli Schwein.1895F. L. StevensHighland County
Specimen of Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.1939Cooke, William BridgeSeven Caves (Highlands Nature Sanctuary)
A photograph of the species Cordyceps militaris, not of this specimenCordyceps militaris (L.) Link1876W. B. CookeFort Hill State Memorial
A photograph of the species Andropogon gerardi, not of this specimenAndropogon gerardi Vitman1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Asplenium rhizophyllum, not of this specimenAsplenium rhizophyllum L.1910Hopkins, L.S."Caves" Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Brachyelytrum erectum, not of this specimenBrachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Cardamine pensylvanica, not of this specimenCardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Cinna arundinacea, not of this specimenCinna arundinacea L.1910Hopkins, L.S.Panel Creek
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1910Hopkins, L.S.Careo, Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Diarrhena americana, not of this specimenDiarrhena americana P.Beauv.1910Hopkins, L.S.Point Creek
A photograph of the species Digitaria sanguinalis, not of this specimenDigitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek

All 1,497 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of McCoppin Mill: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Main PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Main PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Highland 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
Beaver Mill1.3 miles17
Carmel1.9 miles17
Highland Holiday1.9 miles17
South Beach2.0 miles17
Rainsboro2.7 miles17
Rocky Fork Point2.9 miles17
Barretts Mills3.1 miles17
Coon Crossing3.1 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122553097The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061152. 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.