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

Sand Run, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45764. It stands on Sand Run. The Survey maps it on the New Straitsville quadrangle.

Sand Run within Hocking County

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sand Run, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Sand Run, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

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

138 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Sand Run between 1993 and 2020, burning about 199 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony77
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestTRAIL HEAD 5 FIRE
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestLABOR FIRE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestPINE FIRE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestHIDEWAY FIRE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestBOX FIRE
3 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National Forest180
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWayne National ForestSNAKE HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 307 shown

Museums hold 307 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sand Run between 1894 and 1973: 273 Animalia, 22 Fungi, 6 Plantae, 6 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Brodo, Irwin M., Carter, B. (Bruce), Collector(s): John W. Meldrim 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 Stamnaria americana, not of this specimenStamnaria americana Massee & Morgan1894W. A. KellermanLogan
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631909not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631916not recorded
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon cinereus, not of this specimenPlethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)1929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Pond, SE of Logan, Green Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1930not recorded
Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 18391930Williamson, E. B.Logan, Hocking Co., OH
A photograph of the species Rana sylvatica, not of this specimenRana sylvatica LeConte, 18251948H WALTERS AND M FITZMAURICE4 MI E N E OF LOGAN
Ranidae1948M FITZMAURICE4 MI E N E OF LOGAN
Polygonum tenue Michx.1949Davis, H.A.; Davis, T.In cinders along RR at Nelsonville

All 307 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sand Run: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Coal. 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
Glen Gery Brick PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nutter Bros PitClay, CoalProducer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lake Hope Asphalt S&G IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nelsonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nelsonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast Producer
Nutter Brothers Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nutter Brothers Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hocking 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
Carbon Hill1.0 miles15
Sand Run Junction1.3 miles14
Longstreth1.5 miles21
Blatchford1.9 miles15
Monday2.1 miles21
New Pittsburg2.2 miles15
Candy Town2.5 miles21
Kachelmacher (historical)2.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076826. 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.