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Renrock, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brookfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43732. It stands on Blanchard Run. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Renrock within Noble County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Renrock (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Renrock (historical), surveyed 1911

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

8 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Renrock (historical) between 2009 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. None 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15265
18 April 2016Recreation and ceremony25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4728
14 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14385
18 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources10025
18 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7067
3 December 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9425

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 40 shown

Museums hold 40 specimens collected within 10 miles of Renrock (historical) between 1902 and 1974: 29 Plantae, 9 Animalia, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood, D M DENNIS, DAVID M SEVER 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 Daedalea ambigua, not of this specimenDaedalea ambigua Berk.1902Lloyd C. G.Glenwood
A photograph of the species Erysiphe polygoni, not of this specimenErysiphe polygoni DC.1912E. BartholomewCaldwell
A photograph of the species Aureolaria flava, not of this specimenAureolaria flava (L.) Farw.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
A photograph of the species Dicentra canadensis, not of this specimenDicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
A photograph of the species Dicentra cucullaria, not of this specimenDicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1942Moldenke, H.N.Caldwell
Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb.1950L. J. GierWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Apalone spinifera, not of this specimenApalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)1959Kraig K. Adler; David M. DennisSharon Twp. Road 1 and Ohio Rt.78
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1960Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood2 mi. SE of Cumberland, Brookfield Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1960D M DENNISCENTER TOWNSHIP CA 2 MI W OF SARAHSVILLE
A photograph of the species Plethodon glutinosus, not of this specimenPlethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818)1960Tilley, S. G., Adler, K. K. & Wood, L. W.2 mi SE of Cumberland, Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821960D M DENNISSHARON TOWNSHIP

All 40 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Olive Green3.2 miles13
Hoskinsville4.4 miles13
Scott (historical)4.7 miles13
Hunter (historical)5.2 miles14
Hiramsburg5.4 miles13
Sharon5.9 miles13
Coal Ridge6.3 miles13
Rich Valley6.5 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122544336The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062970. 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.