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Morehouse, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Peru Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43334. The Survey maps it on the Ashley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1915 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Marengo quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Marengo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
1 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Morehouse (historical) between 2012 and 2012, 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 burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 357 shownMuseums hold 357 specimens collected within 10 miles of Morehouse (historical) between 1837 and 1975: 237 Animalia, 82 Fungi, 27 Plantae, 4 Protozoa, 4 Chromista, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan, Adler, K. K. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Phyllosticta ampelopsidis Speschnew | 1883 | Kellerman | Ohio |
 | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A. P. Morgan | |
 | Hypoxylon albocinctum Ellis & Everh. | 1890 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
 | Agaricus velutipes Curtis | 1837 | J.R. Paddock | |
 | Sagittaria latifolia Willd. | 1837 | Frank B | |
 | Sicyos angulatus P.J.Bergius | 1837 | Frank B | in civitatate Ohio |
 | Polyporus versicolor (L.) Fr. | 1838 | not recorded | |
 | Usnea florida (L.) F.H.Wigg. | 1838 | not recorded | |
 | Equisetum arvense L. | 1870 | Beardslee, H.C. | Moist soil. |
 | Sphaeria ulmea Fr. | 1880 | W. A. Kellermann | Ohio |
 | Phyllosticta decidua Ellis & Kellerm. | 1882 | Kellerman | Ohio |
| unnamed | 1883 | Kellerman | Ohio |
All 357 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Morehouse (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Liberty | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| South Woodbury | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bennington Springs | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Westfield | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Marengo | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Fargo | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fulton | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pagetown | 5.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067297. 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.