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

McGarry, Ohio

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Knox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44601. The Survey maps it on the Alliance quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McGarry within Columbiana County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McGarry (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of McGarry (historical), surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 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 1879 county history

4,989 words on this township

The county history of 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Knox Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Knox Township - 4,989 words.

Fires nearby

5 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of McGarry (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning4
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
15 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15817
21 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15944
6 November 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15931
15 October 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15302

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 223 shown

Museums hold 223 specimens collected within 10 miles of McGarry (historical) between 1878 and 1967: 168 Animalia, 54 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Buker, W.E.; Henry, L.K., Collector(s): Leonard R. Freeman, Elliot, A.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 Tringa semipalmata, not of this specimenTringa semipalmata semipalmata (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1878Collector(s): Leonard R. FreemanOhio Valley
A photograph of the species Zenaida macroura, not of this specimenZenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1883not recordedBeloit
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Lampsilis cardium, not of this specimenLampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 18201893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Lasmigona compressa, not of this specimenLasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829)1893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Pyganodon grandis, not of this specimenPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Strophitus undulatus, not of this specimenStrophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)1893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Viola L., not of this specimenViola L.1897Holzinger, J.M.Winona County.
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1906Sterki, VictorSebring
Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1906Sterki, VictorSebring
Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)1906Sterki, VictorSebring

All 223 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of McGarry (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Homeworth Road Pit Number 3ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Homeworth Road Pit Number 3ClayPast Producer
Whitacre Shale PlantClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana 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
Homeworth3.3 miles18
Reading3.9 miles18
North Georgetown5.2 miles14
Bridgewater5.7 miles14
Moultrie6.0 miles18
Valley6.6 miles14
Chambersburg6.9 miles18
New Alexander7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067646. 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.