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Sayre, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Bearfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43731. The Survey maps it on the Deavertown quadrangle.

Sayre within Perry 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 Sayre, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Sayre, 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

16 since 2013

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sayre between 2013 and 2020, burning about 50 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresWayne National ForestCONGO
21 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1021
16 April 2019Other causes1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15170
12 April 2018Arson/incendiarism11 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11230
10 April 2014Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources711

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 95 shown

Museums hold 95 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sayre between 1890 and 1973: 74 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Coker W. C., Conan J. Taylor, Crowner, A. 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 Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) ArthurPucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur1891W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Phaeoceros carolinianus, not of this specimenPhaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.1890W. C. WernerRendville.
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Anthoceros punctatus, not of this specimenAnthoceros punctatus L.1891not recordedRendville
A photograph of the species Ascocoryne cylichnium, not of this specimenAscocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf1891W. A. Kellerman
Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Callicladium haldanianum, not of this specimenCallicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Hypnum jutlandicum, not of this specimenHypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke1891W. C. WernerRendville
Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst.1891W. A. KellermanRendville
A photograph of the species Puccinia coronata, not of this specimenPuccinia coronata f. coronata1891W. A. Kellerman
Puccinia punctata Link1891W. A. Kellerman

All 95 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

3 since 2022

The National Weather Service names Sayre in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSayre$3,000A tree and power lines were blown down on Township Road 423 in Sayre between State Route 37 and Portie Flamingo Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSayre$500A tree was blown down along Town Highway 423.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSayre-A tree fell onto power lines at the intersection of Town Highway 202 and Royma Road Northeast.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Yellowtown1.3 miles15
Portersville1.6 miles15
San Toy2.3 miles15
Misco3.1 miles15
Moores Junction3.3 miles15
Alabama Hill3.5 miles15
Oakfield3.5 miles15
Rose Farm3.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076843. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.