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Schley, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45773. It stands on Pine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Belmont quadrangle.

Schley within Washington County

Then and now

1904 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Schley, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Schley, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

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.

In the 1902 county history

14,305 words on this township

The county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Lawrence Township covers general physical features and geological formation, first settlement, old families, eccentric characters, german emigration, scotch emigration.

Read the chapter on Lawrence Township - 14,305 words.

Fires nearby

29 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Schley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National Forest15 MILE FIRE
22 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestNEFF RIDGE
8 May 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWayne National ForestKINDERHOOK
5 April 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresWayne National Forest15 MILE
3 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestMT. PISGAH
29 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryBROAD RUN ROAD
2 April 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryPLEASANTS CO. HUMANE SOCIETY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 265 shown

Museums hold 265 specimens collected within 10 miles of Schley between 1905 and 1975: 218 Animalia, 26 Fungi, 20 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allison W Cusick; Marilyn Ortt, B. F. Story, BRYAN, C R; BRYAN, B 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 Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.FuchsDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1941Meddles, O.; Steele, M.Millwood Twp. From rich woods (lilly), along Putney Ridge between Quaker City and Salesville.
Alternaria solani Sorauer1905Post A. LeeLong Reach
A photograph of the species Cercospora canescens, not of this specimenCercospora canescens Ellis & G.Martin1905Johnson T. C.Long Reach
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta Pers., not of this specimenPhyllosticta Pers., 18181905Post A. L.Long Reach
A photograph of the species Plasmopara viticola, not of this specimenPlasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni1905Post, A. L.Long Reach
A photograph of the species Venturia inaequalis, not of this specimenVenturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter1905Johnson T. C.Long Reach
A photograph of the species Puccinia dayi, not of this specimenPuccinia dayi Clinton1909Bonner C. M.Pleasants Co.
A photograph of the species Arenaria serpyllifolia, not of this specimenArenaria serpyllifolia L.1911O. E. JenningsKelly's Island- above Glacial Grooves quarry.
A photograph of the species Dysphania botrys, not of this specimenDysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants1911O. E. JenningsKelly's Island-edges of Glac.; grooves quarry.
Endasys subclavatus (Say, 1835)1928W.V. Balduf
A photograph of the species Scambus pterophori, not of this specimenScambus pterophori (Ashmead, 1890)1928W.V. Balduf
A photograph of the species Vulgichneumon brevicinctor, not of this specimenVulgichneumon brevicinctor (Say, 1825)1928W.V. Balduf

All 265 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

1 since 2021

The National Weather Service names Schley in 1 storm report between 2021 and 2021: 1 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSchley$10,000Several trees were blown down on Bear Run Road, County Road 12, and County Road 14.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Gracey2.1 miles19
Fay2.1 miles19
Bevan2.5 miles20
Cow Run2.9 miles19
Dart3.2 miles19
Murphy3.4 miles20
Deucher3.5 miles20
Steel Run3.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076849. 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.