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Snively, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44618. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle.

Snively within Wayne County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snively, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Snively, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

1 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Snively between 2012 and 2012, burning about 0 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/undetermined1

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
25 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 76 shown

Museums hold 76 specimens collected within 10 miles of Snively between 1883 and 1974: 57 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. A. Triplehorn, C. Venard, Duvel, J.W.T 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 Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorBurton City
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1883Sterki, VictorBurton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to)
A photograph of the species Lampsilis radiata, not of this specimenLampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1883Sterki, VictorBurton City
A photograph of the species Lasmigona complanata, not of this specimenLasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)1883Sterki, VictorBurton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to)
A photograph of the species Lasmigona compressa, not of this specimenLasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829)1883Sterki, VictorBurton City(ditch in)
A photograph of the species Pyganodon grandis, not of this specimenPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1883Sterki, VictorBurton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to)
A photograph of the species Strophitus undulatus, not of this specimenStrophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)1883Sterki, VictorBurton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to)
A photograph of the species Clinopodium vulgare, not of this specimenClinopodium vulgare L.1895Selby, A.D.Apple Creek
A photograph of the species Panicum capillare, not of this specimenPanicum capillare L.1895Selby, A.D.Apple Creek
Solidago bicolor L.1898Duvel, J.W.TSugar Creek
Aster undulatus L.1899Duvel, J.W.TSugar Creek
A photograph of the species Athyrium filix-femina, not of this specimenAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1899Selby, A.D.; Duvel, J.W.Fox Lake

All 76 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
West Lebanon2.2 miles16
Dalton3.3 miles17
Kidron4.1 miles16
Mount Eaton4.6 miles16
McQuaid (historical)4.9 miles17
Riceland5.8 miles15
Whispering Pines Estates5.9 miles15
Burton City6.4 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122561739The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063025. 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.