Sicily, Ohio

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.

1917 1986

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.

• 1917 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:62500
• 1944 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:62500
• 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:24000
• 1961 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:24000
• 1961 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:24000
• 1961 USGS Sardinia quadrangle1:24000
• 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
• 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sicily (historical) between 2019 and 2019, burning about 1 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Buford
• Gath
• Mowrystown

Every fire recorded in Highland County

Museums hold 7 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sicily (historical) between 1916 and 1938: 6 Animalia, 1 Fungi. 4 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, R. Rhoades, Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard). 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	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Puccinia lateripes Berk. & Ravenel	1916	A. B. Seymour
	Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818)	1930	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	near Mowrystown, White Oak Twp., Highland Co., Ohio
	Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)	1938	not recorded	East Fork White Oak Creek, within Highland Co, Highland County, township n/a
	Orconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)	1938	R. Rhoades	N. Branch of White Oak Creek, 2 mii NE of Buford, Clay Township

All 7 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1053208. 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.

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