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Saxon, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Letart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45771. It stands on Tanner Run. The Survey maps it on the Ravenswood quadrangle.

Saxon within Meigs County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saxon, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Saxon, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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

37 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Saxon between 1993 and 2019, burning about 90 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
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8786
2 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1761
3 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1701
12 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5365
4 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13605
28 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1403
24 May 2015Debris and open burning10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1402
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 254 shown

Museums hold 254 specimens collected within 10 miles of Saxon between 1844 and 1973: 189 Animalia, 39 Fungi, 23 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Balser, G., Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., Blankenbaker, et al. 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 Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1940Carroll, G.Big Spruce Creek
Specimen of Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) FéePhegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée1945Cooke, V.Ravenswood
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. SullivantIn woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme, not of this specimenGymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Leptostroma quercinum, not of this specimenLeptostroma quercinum Lasch1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Lophodermium arundinaceum, not of this specimenLophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Mycosphaerella fraxinicola, not of this specimenMycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Septoria E.M.Fries, not of this specimenSeptoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Stegophora ulmea, not of this specimenStegophora ulmea (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Ustilago nuda, not of this specimenUstilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Rostr.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Opheodrys aestivus, not of this specimenOpheodrys aestivus Linnaeus, 17661885not recordedRipley Landing

All 254 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 Saxon: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
Ravenswood Aluminum Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Apple Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Apple Grove PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Letart Falls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Letart Falls Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs 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
Ulric1.4 miles19
Great Bend2.2 miles19
Rolandus2.5 miles19
East Letart2.7 miles18
Apple Grove3.3 miles19
Plants3.4 miles18
Antiquity3.4 miles18
Condeville3.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049563. 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.