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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Riverdale, Ohio

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Middleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43551. It stands on Reitz Run. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Riverdale within Wood County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverdale (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Riverdale (historical), surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 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

3 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale (historical) between 2002 and 2002, burning about 5 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
11 June 2002Smokingunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 February 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 October 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wood County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 771 shown

Museums hold 771 specimens collected within 10 miles of Riverdale (historical) between 1875 and 1975: 666 Animalia, 75 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Lose, Aborn, R. 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 Uromyces lespedezae-procumbentis (Schwein.) Lagerh.Uromyces lespedezae-procumbentis (Schwein.) Lagerh.1901Kellerman, W.A.Bowling Green
Specimen of Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1907L. L. RedickPerrysburg
Specimen of Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)1908not recordedMaumee
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1875LangdonIndian Hill, Kane County
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepisosteus osseus, not of this specimenLepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis cornutus, not of this specimenNotropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio

All 771 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Riverdale (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Waterville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Waterville Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wood 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
Miltonville (historical)1.5 miles21
Hull Prairie1.5 miles21
Haskins2.2 miles21
Roachton2.3 miles17
Willowbend2.5 miles17
Carrington Woods2.9 miles17
McKinley Woods2.9 miles17
Hulls Crossing3.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063337. 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.