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Sand Run Junction, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 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 Gore quadrangle.

Sand Run Junction within Hocking County

Then and now

1907 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 95 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 Junction, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Sand Run Junction, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

142 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Sand Run Junction 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
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 496 shown

Museums hold 496 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sand Run Junction between 1894 and 1973: 461 Animalia, 22 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 6 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, Brodo, Irwin M., Carpenter, Butts and Goodman 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 Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Lampetra aepyptera, not of this specimenLampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township
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

All 496 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sand Run Junction: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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
Muskingum River Grav. Plant 8 & PitSand 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

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
Sand Run1.3 miles15
Carbon Hill1.4 miles15
Kachelmacher (historical)1.5 miles14
Greendale1.8 miles14
Longstreth2.6 miles21
Lost Run (historical)3.0 miles15
Blatchford3.1 miles15
Candy Town3.1 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122565626The 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 1076827. 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.