Pyro, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45656. It stands on Sugar Run. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
29 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Pyro between 2006 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8586 |
| 21 May 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15197 |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | FIELDING 1 |
| 9 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | DICKENS ROAD 2 |
| 9 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | DICKENS ROAD 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 504 shownMuseums hold 504 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pyro between 1899 and 1974: 205 Animalia, 178 Plantae, 116 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Bartley, F., Beach, S. (Sam) 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda | 1925 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 1758 | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Rorippa Scop. | 1905 | F. Bartley | 3 mi south of Jackson |
![]() | Eriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889) | 1923 | Miller, A. E. (August E.) | Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A. |
| unnamed | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch | |
![]() | Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
| Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
All 504 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pyro: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Clay | Aluminum, Titanium, Silica, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Zoar Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zoar Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| A.P. Green Refractories Co. Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Davis Brick Plant #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 2019The National Weather Service names Pyro in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Pyro | $4,000 | Flood water from Sugar Run cut off an apartment complex near the intersection of US 35 and Ebb Tomblin Road. Several roads were also flooded around the city of Jackson. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pyro | $1,000 | Trees were blown down and several power outages occurred. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pyro | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rempel | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| McKitterick (historical) | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Clay | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Limestone (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Vega | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Banner | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hitchcock | 3.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076700. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



















