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

Riverdale, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45661. It stands on Loys Run. The Survey maps it on the Piketon quadrangle.

Riverdale within Pike County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 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, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Riverdale, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

65 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 2003 and 2020, burning about 118 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources9187
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15228
9 August 2019Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15226
27 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15743
9 May 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1262
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1261
3 May 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8126

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,663 shown

Museums hold 1,663 specimens collected within 10 miles of Riverdale between 1889 and 1975: 1,504 Animalia, 117 Fungi, 40 Plantae, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, E. (Ed), B. W. Evermann, Bales, B. 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 Aecidium compositarum Rabenh.Aecidium compositarum Rabenh.1896F.L. StevensColumbus
Specimen of Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)1909not recordedScioto River, Piketon
Specimen of Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 18201909not recordedPiketon, Scioto River
A photograph of the species Asterella tenella, not of this specimenAsterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv.1889C. J. HerrickWaverly
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 18981889not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Hybognathus nuchalis, not of this specimenHybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 18551894Bean & B. EvermannScioto Creek, Coopersville, New York
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181894B. W. EvermannCooperville; Scioto Cr
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1898not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1898not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Ammodramus savannarum, not of this specimenAmmodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Waverly, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Asio flammeus, not of this specimenAsio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Piketon, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Astragalinus Cabanis, not of this specimenAstragalinus Cabanis, 18511898not recordedWaverly, Ohio, USA

All 1,663 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 Riverdale: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
A & S Plant A-7 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
A & S Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cutlip PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cutlip Plant Dredge & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gregory Materials CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Sargents2.2 miles15
Jasper2.9 miles15
Van Meter3.0 miles15
Bethel3.2 miles15
Coopersville3.4 miles12
Wakefield3.5 miles12
Camp3.7 miles12
Pleasant Valley4.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062980. 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.