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Snyder, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44452. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbiana quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Snyder within Mahoning County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snyder (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Snyder (historical), surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed 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 near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Snyder (historical) between 2004 and 2009, burning about 11 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
Debris and open burning4

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
9 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahoning County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 417 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 417 specimens collected within 10 miles of Snyder (historical) between 1853 and 1974: 239 Animalia, 172 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), B. West 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 Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850Cottus bairdii Girard, 18501853S. BairdYellow Creek, Poland Ohio.
Specimen of Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
Specimen of Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1887?Dense woods, Salem.
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1853not recordedPoland, Yellow Creek
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651853S. BairdYellow Creek, Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma camurum, not of this specimenEtheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870)1853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 18191853C. KirtlandYellow Creek, Poland Ohio.
A photograph of the species Etheostoma maculatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 18401853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma zonale, not of this specimenEtheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)1853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio

All 417 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Snyder (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. 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
Kaiser Aluminum/ Columbiana, OhioChromiumProducer
Kaiser RefractoriesManganesePast Producer
Neiheisel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mahoning 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
Eureka1.3 miles17
North Lima1.3 miles17
East Lewistown2.1 miles17
Five Points2.3 miles17
Willow Crest3.1 miles17
New Springfield3.2 miles16
Morgantown3.5 miles17
Germantown3.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1051784. 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.