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

Newhouse, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Elkrun Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44432. It lies in Pine Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Newhouse within Columbiana 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 Newhouse (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Newhouse (historical), surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

30 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Newhouse (historical) between 2005 and 2020, burning about 36 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15273
3 June 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5006
29 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1741
6 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources866
18 April 2016Smoking3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4667
14 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15145

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 691 shown

Museums hold 691 specimens collected within 10 miles of Newhouse (historical) between 1885 and 1975: 477 Animalia, 183 Plantae, 30 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Albert Peyron, Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W. 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 Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) MurrillIrpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill1917OverholtsW. Elkton
Specimen of Polyporus galactinus Berk.Polyporus galactinus Berk.1917OverholtsW. Elkton
A photograph of the species Chamerion angustifolium, not of this specimenChamerion angustifolium subsp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch1885Shafer, J.A.N.Y.P.U.O.RR, East of Salem
A photograph of the species Osmunda regalis, not of this specimenOsmunda regalis var. spectabilis (Willd.) A.Gray1885Shafer, J.A.on line of Columbiana Co., 4 mi S of Petersburg
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1899Shafer, J.A.near Unity
A photograph of the species Hieracium aurantiacum, not of this specimenHieracium aurantiacum L.1899Shafer, J.A.near Unity
A photograph of the species Parietaria pensylvanica, not of this specimenParietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.1899Shafer, J.A.near Unity
A photograph of the species Plantago rugelii, not of this specimenPlantago rugelii Decne.1899Shafer, J.A.Lisbon
A photograph of the species Rosa L., not of this specimenRosa L.1899Shafer, J.A.Unity
A photograph of the species Bromus tectorum, not of this specimenBromus tectorum L.1900Medsger, O.P.Leetonia
A photograph of the species Gentiana crinita, not of this specimenGentiana crinita Froel.1900Urdeger, O.P.Near L?ertonia

All 691 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Newhouse (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Huffman Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Huffman Clay PitClayPast Producer
Adams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Elkton1.7 miles15
Signal1.7 miles15
Rogers3.1 miles15
Saratoga (historical)3.3 miles15
East Fairfield3.7 miles15
East Carmel3.7 miles17
Jordanville4.0 miles15
Middle Beaver (historical)4.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063414. 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.