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Pine Lake Estates, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Berne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43130. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle.

Pine Lake Estates within Fairfield County

Then and now

1907 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pine Lake Estates, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Pine Lake Estates, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

In the 1901 county history

2,331 words on this township

The county history of 1901 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Berne Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Berne Township - 2,331 words.

Fires nearby

13 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Pine Lake Estates between 2003 and 2020, burning about 77 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
5 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15201
5 April 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7765
5 April 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution7.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources742
18 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1042
9 March 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15458
25 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesBERNE TWP.
19 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources524

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,650 shown

Museums hold 2,650 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pine Lake Estates between 1839 and 1975: 1,862 Animalia, 530 Fungi, 243 Plantae, 7 Protozoa, 6 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Schrader, Angerman, C. (Carl) & Triplehorn, C. A. (Charles A.), Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant 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.

All 2,650 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 Pine Lake Estates: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Alley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blazer Plant A-1 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brewer Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Febus Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morris Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morris Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stump Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fairfield 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
Blue Valley Acres2.6 miles13
Horns Mill2.7 miles13
Whites3.0 miles13
Tarhe Town (historical)3.1 miles13
Carpenters Addition3.3 miles13
Hamburg3.3 miles12
Lancaster3.5 miles13
Sugar Grove3.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1806856. 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.