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

New Castle, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45638. It lies in Cecil Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.

New Castle within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Castle, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of New Castle, surveyed 1898

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

331 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of New Castle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,109 acres in total. None started naturally. 64 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 burning132
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism64
Equipment and vehicle use27
Recreation and ceremony13
Other causes10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM 09/09
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresWayne National ForestGREEN GRASS
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestSR 93
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestJANIE FIRE
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBAILEY
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresWayne National ForestPEDRO #2 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 411 shown

Museums hold 411 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Castle between 1890 and 1972: 293 Animalia, 63 Fungi, 54 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartholomew E., Bartholomew Elam 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 clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 19021899[Not Stated]Hanging Rock
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1890SchneckHanging Rock
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Coleosporium vernoniae, not of this specimenColeosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1892Carver Wm.Ironton
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1892W. C. WernerIronton
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania asagrayana, not of this specimenFrullania asagrayana Mont.1892W. C. WernerIronton.
A photograph of the species Hedwigia ciliata, not of this specimenHedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1892W. C. WernerIronton

All 411 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Castle: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pedro Mine & MillClay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Brohard PitClayProducer
Pedro MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pedro PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pinkston Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pinkston Clay MineClayPast Producer
Superior Shale Quarry-Bear RunClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
La Grange1.4 miles17
Pine Grove1.6 miles17
Vesuvius (historical)1.8 miles17
Royersville2.0 miles17
Hanging Rock2.2 miles17
Green Valley2.4 miles17
Ellisonville2.9 miles17
Coryville3.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050560. 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.