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

Shackleton, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Market Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45133. The Survey maps it on the New Market quadrangle.

Shackleton within Highland County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shackleton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Shackleton, surveyed 1917

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

3 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shackleton between 2004 and 2012, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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 April 2007Debris and open burning10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 February 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 598 shown

Museums hold 598 specimens collected within 10 miles of Shackleton between 1895 and 1973: 534 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 28 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14521, A. Braun, Adams, J. (Joe) & Hutchins, E. (Edward) 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 Aecidium asterum Schwein.Aecidium asterum Schwein.1895F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Puccinia podophylli Schwein.Puccinia podophylli Schwein.1895F. L. StevensHighland County
Specimen of Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) OrtonPhyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton193914521The Seven Caves, along the Rocky Fork of Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Dizygopleura Ulrich, not of this specimenDizygopleura Ulrich & Bassler, 1923 (fossil)1921Bucher & E. Ulrich.5mi W Of Sinking Spring (Thin Cherty Layer In Lower Part Of Bisher Member)
A photograph of the species Cephalozia curvifolia, not of this specimenCephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort.1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Cololejeunea biddlecomiae, not of this specimenCololejeunea biddlecomiae (Austin ex Pearson) A.Evans1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Conocephalum conicum, not of this specimenConocephalum conicum (L.) Underw.1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Lophocolea heterophylla, not of this specimenLophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort.1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Reboulia hemisphaerica, not of this specimenReboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi1924M. A. Taylor
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631926not recorded
A photograph of the species Notropis volucellus, not of this specimenNotropis volucellus volucellus1926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)water unknown, #1 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)water unknown, #4 Highland Co, n/a, township n/a

All 598 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 Shackleton: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Highland QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Highland Stone DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ruggles Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ruggles Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Highland 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
Hoagland2.0 miles13
New Market2.8 miles13
Fairview3.4 miles13
Danville3.8 miles13
Hillsboro4.0 miles14
Russell4.0 miles13
Lynwood Terrace4.4 miles14
Sorg (historical)4.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065304. 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.