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River Valley Estates, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43302. The Survey maps it on the Monnett quadrangle.

River Valley Estates within Marion County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

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 River Valley Estates, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of River Valley Estates, surveyed 1903

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

6 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of River Valley Estates between 2002 and 2002, burning about 2 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
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
4 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 July 2002Smokingunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 July 2002Smokingunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 November 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 324 shown

Museums hold 324 specimens collected within 10 miles of River Valley Estates between 1919 and 1975: 315 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Ogilvie, Acker, G., Baumgartner, L. 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 Catocala habilis Grote, 1872Catocala habilis Grote, 18721959not recordedCamp Owens
Specimen of Elasmus albizziae Burks, 1965Elasmus albizziae Burks, 19651964J. Peacock[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Fusarium culmorum, not of this specimenFusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc.1919Lewis H. L.Marion
A photograph of the species Helminthosporium teres, not of this specimenHelminthosporium teres Sacc.1919MCFARLAND F. T.Marion
A photograph of the species Puccinia rubigo-vera, not of this specimenPuccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton1919MCFARLAND F. T.Marion
A photograph of the species Photinus pyralis, not of this specimenPhotinus pyralis (Linnaeus, 1767)1923not recordedMarion
A photograph of the species Rallus limicola, not of this specimenRallus limicola limicola Vieillot, 18191923Lyle D. MillerClaridon, Lake Aquilla
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1924Lyle D. MillerClaridon
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Grand Twp: along Tymochtee Cr., Marion Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Montgomery Twp.: Tymochtee Creek trib., Marion Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Cyprinus carpio, not of this specimenCyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 17581930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Little Scioto River, within Green Camp township, near Green Camp, Green Camp township
A photograph of the species Ictalurus melas, not of this specimenIctalurus melas (Linnaeus, 1758)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Little Scioto River, within Green Camp township, near Green Camp, Green Camp township

All 324 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of River Valley Estates: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Fleming Const. Co Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J.M. Hamilton and Sons Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J.M. Hamilton and Sons QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Marion PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Marion Plant QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Grandview Estates1.4 miles11
Air View Acres1.4 miles12
Bellaire Gardens1.8 miles13
Logan (historical)2.0 miles12
Crystal Lakes3.1 miles12
Marion3.1 miles13
Chateau Ridge3.6 miles12
Highlands of Marion3.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2513773. 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.