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

Old Gore, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.

Old Gore within Hocking County

Then and now

1907 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Gore, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Old Gore, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

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

67 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Old Gore between 2005 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
21 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestSTUMP
20 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15832
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1921
13 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestSTONE CHURCH FIRE
3 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15831
13 June 2016Smokingunder an acreWayne National ForestCUNNINGHAM
4 May 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1123
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWayne National ForestHYDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 594 shown

Museums hold 594 specimens collected within 10 miles of Old Gore between 1894 and 1975: 519 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 21 Protozoa, 18 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, Brodo, Irwin M., Buker, W.E. 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 Stamnaria americana, not of this specimenStamnaria americana Massee & Morgan1894W. A. KellermanLogan
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631909not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631916not recorded
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Lampetra aepyptera, not of this specimenLampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Plethodon cinereus, not of this specimenPlethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)1929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio

All 594 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Old Gore: 6 producers, 6 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Coal. 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
Greendale Minerals LeaseClay, CoalPast Producer
Maxville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast Producer
General Clay PitClayProducer
Kishler Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kishler Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Hocking 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
Gore0.6 miles14
Monday Creek Junction1.6 miles14
Oreville2.0 miles14
Winona (historical)2.1 miles14
Maysville2.1 miles14
Greendale2.9 miles14
Webb Summit3.1 miles14
Kachelmacher (historical)3.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076559. 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.