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Reinersville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Manchester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43756. The Survey maps it on the Reinersville quadrangle.

Reinersville within Morgan County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Reinersville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Reinersville, surveyed 1909

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.

In the 1880 county history

120 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Manchester Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Manchester Township - 120 words.

Fires nearby

3 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Reinersville between 2009 and 2016, burning about 28 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 April 2016Recreation and ceremony25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4728
23 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 290 shown

Museums hold 290 specimens collected within 10 miles of Reinersville between 1888 and 1974: 198 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Albaugh, D. W. (Douglas W.), Albaugh, Douglas 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 Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1962D. StansberyMuskingum River, Waterford, Below Dam At Beverly
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Crystallaria cincotta, not of this specimenCrystallaria cincotta Welsh & Wood, 20081888Gilbert, C. & Henshall, J. A. (James A.)Muskingum River, dst Beverly dam RM 24.8, 0.6 miles west of Beverly OH, Waterford township
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio
A photograph of the species Percopsis omiscomaycus, not of this specimenPercopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Pimephales vigilax, not of this specimenPimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Ammodramus savannarum, not of this specimenAmmodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818)1904not recordedMeigs Creek
A photograph of the species Cylindrosporium padi, not of this specimenCylindrosporium padi P.Karst.1910W. T. Mitchell & SonBeverly
A photograph of the species Calla palustris, not of this specimenCalla palustris L.1927G. EifrigHayward
A photograph of the species Micropterus punctulatus, not of this specimenMicropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Olive Green Creek, within Center township, near Coal Run, Center township

All 290 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Reinersville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Ohio Power PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Otho (historical)2.0 miles14
Seeleyburg (historical)2.4 miles14
Cabinville (historical)3.6 miles14
Centerville3.8 miles13
Bristol3.8 miles14
Hackney3.8 miles14
Brill (historical)4.0 miles14
Unionville5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1070911. 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.