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

Nease Settlement, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sutton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45771. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.

Nease Settlement within Meigs County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nease Settlement, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Nease Settlement, surveyed 1907

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

74 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Nease Settlement between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Fireworks2

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
7 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryGRAHAM STATION
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCARSON ROAD
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCLIFTON CEMETERY
10 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestrySUPPER CLUB RD.
1 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryFOGLESONG RD
31 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryYODER LANE
25 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8705
17 August 2005Fireworksunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCLIFTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 212 shown

Museums hold 212 specimens collected within 10 miles of Nease Settlement between 1840 and 1973: 164 Animalia, 35 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., C. H. Jones, Carroll, G. 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 Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass.Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass.1899Kellerman, W. A.FLORA OF OHIO
Specimen of Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1940Carroll, G.Big Spruce Creek
Specimen of Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) AlexanderOdontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander1963William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimenAsplenium trichomanes L.1840Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John LeonardMeigs County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. SullivantIn woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden
A photograph of the species Carex communis, not of this specimenCarex communis var. communis1862W. M. CanbyCheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme, not of this specimenGymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Leptostroma quercinum, not of this specimenLeptostroma quercinum Lasch1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Lophodermium arundinaceum, not of this specimenLophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Mycosphaerella fraxinicola, not of this specimenMycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Septoria E.M.Fries, not of this specimenSeptoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill

All 212 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 Nease Settlement: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Foote Mineral Co--Graham, W.Va.ChromiumPast Producer
Foote Mineral Co--New Haven, W.Va.AluminumPast Producer
Meigs County Hwy Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs 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
Forest Run1.5 miles14
Morning Star1.7 miles14
Carletonville1.7 miles14
White Rock (historical)1.7 miles14
Dutchtown1.8 miles14
Syracuse1.9 miles18
Minersville2.0 miles14
Welshtown2.2 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 Q122562528The 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 1063115. 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.