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Richmond Dale, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. It stands on Whisky Run. The Survey maps it on the Richmond Dale quadrangle. 386 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 587 feet above sea level.

Richmond Dale within Ross County

Population over time

2 figures

Richmond Dale grew from 377 to 386 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010377
2020386+9 (+2%)

Then and now

1906 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Richmond Dale, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Richmond Dale, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

35 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Dale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesLONDONDERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ross County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 780 shown

Museums hold 780 specimens collected within 10 miles of Richmond Dale between 1923 and 1975: 706 Animalia, 50 Fungi, 19 Plantae, 5 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Lincoln, A. Cronquist, A. Spreitzer 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 Aceria ulmicola, not of this specimenAceria ulmicola Nalepa, 19091923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Richmond Dale, Ross Co., OH, U.S.A.
A photograph of the species Sceloporus undulatus, not of this specimenSceloporus undulatus (Bosc & Daudin, 1801)1926ROBT ENDERS3 MI N ALMA
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Salt Creek, near US 50, east of Londonderry OH, Liberty Township
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus hinei Trautman, 19561929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma variatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma variatum Kirtland, 18401929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma zonale, not of this specimenEtheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)1929MB Trautman & ass't.Paint Creek, trib of Scioto River near mouth, Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Hybopsis Agassiz, not of this specimenHybopsis Agassiz, 18541929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu dolomieu Lacepède, 18021929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Notropis deliciosus, not of this specimenNotropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Scioto River, within Jefferson township, near Richmond Dale, Jefferson township

All 780 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Richmond Dale: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Southern Silica Inc PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Southern Silica Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Miami Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miami Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parry CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Parry Silica Sand and Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ross County

Storms nearby

6 since 2000

The National Weather Service names Richmond Dale in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2005Thunderstorm WindRichmond Dale$8,000Fifteen trees were downed in a 100 yard by 50 yard swath on Limerick Road. This was possibly a downburst.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRichmond Dale$4,000Trees were knocked down, severely damaging two parked vehicles.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindRichmond Dale$3,000A few large tree limbs were downed.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRichmond Dale$1,000A tree was downed along County Road 207.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRichmond Dale$1,000A tree was knocked down on Limerick Road.
July 2000HailRichmond Dale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ross 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
Rittenours1.8 miles11
West Junction2.7 miles11
Higby2.8 miles11
Canada (historical)3.0 miles11
Lickskillet3.3 miles12
Vigo3.3 miles11
Rupels4.6 miles12
Londonderry4.6 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on Richmond DaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q531321The 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 1085483. 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.