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

Scott, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brookfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43732. It stands on Lick Run. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Scott within Noble County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scott (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Scott (historical), surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

25 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Scott (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15250
28 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15266
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15265
8 June 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8425
28 May 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4965
18 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4426
14 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14706

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 91 shown

Museums hold 91 specimens collected within 10 miles of Scott (historical) between 1902 and 1974: 59 Animalia, 29 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M., Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood 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 Daedalea ambigua, not of this specimenDaedalea ambigua Berk.1902Lloyd C. G.Glenwood
A photograph of the species Erysiphe polygoni, not of this specimenErysiphe polygoni DC.1912E. BartholomewCaldwell
A photograph of the species Bufo americanus, not of this specimenBufo americanus Holbrook, 18361929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Bufo fowleri, not of this specimenBufo fowleri Hinckley, 18821929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble 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)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 18981935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)near Cumberland, Noble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Plethodon cinereus, not of this specimenPlethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Progne subis, not of this specimenProgne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Caldwell 1 mi N, Noble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Pseudacris crucifer, not of this specimenPseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio

All 91 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Scott (historical): 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Ava PitClayPast Producer
Ava PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Guernsey QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lawrence King Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Guernsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
King Quarries ExtensionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
King QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Noble 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
Hiramsburg0.9 miles13
Hunter (historical)1.8 miles14
Coal Ridge2.1 miles13
Ava2.6 miles13
Hoskinsville2.8 miles13
Belle Valley3.2 miles13
Olive Green4.4 miles13
Glenwood4.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050944. 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.