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McDaniel Crossroad, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45658. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patriot quadrangle.

McDaniel Crossroad within Gallia County

Then and now

1906 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McDaniel Crossroad, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of McDaniel Crossroad, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

133 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of McDaniel Crossroad between 1993 and 2020, burning about 826 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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
Arson/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15829
25 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15827
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresWayne National ForestSUMMER DAY FIRE
28 June 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestTOWNHOUSE
27 June 2017Other causes1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8665

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 93 shown

Museums hold 93 specimens collected within 10 miles of McDaniel Crossroad between 1899 and 1969: 79 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Babcocks D. O., Cooper, C. S. (Carolyn S.) & Moore, C. (Charles) 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 Gomphus lividus, not of this specimenGomphus lividus Selys, 18541899[Not Stated]Waterloo
unnamed1900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Animalia1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Arthromacra aenea, not of this specimenArthromacra aenea1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus Meigen, not of this specimenChrysotus Meigen, 18241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus distinctus, not of this specimenChrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 19241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 18611900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Liancalus genualis Loew, 18611900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812)1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798)1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Evarthrus seximpressus (LeConte, 1846)1901not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Green, 1818)1901Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Morse, M. (Max)Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio

All 93 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Cadmus2.3 miles12
Flag Spring2.6 miles14
Peniel4.3 miles11
Gage5.1 miles12
Patriot5.2 miles12
Hoadley5.2 miles11
Gallia5.5 miles11
Sand Fork5.8 miles14

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 Q122549941The 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 1076362. 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.