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Spratt, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Rich Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43727. It stands on South Fork York Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle.

Spratt within Muskingum 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 Spratt, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Spratt, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

9 since 2013

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Spratt between 2013 and 2019, burning about 38 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 April 2014Debris and open burning5.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 March 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15064
23 March 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2015Debris and open burning20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources490
16 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7385
3 November 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 995 shown

Museums hold 995 specimens collected within 10 miles of Spratt between 1908 and 1975: 937 Animalia, 55 Plantae, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Wright, Adams, W., Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. 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 Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 18211916O.
Specimen of Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 18781916O.
Specimen of Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813Catocala amatrix Hübner, 18131954Betty DaschNew Concord
A photograph of the species Bubo virginianus, not of this specimenBubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1908A. H. WrightNew Concord
A photograph of the species Medicago sativa, not of this specimenMedicago sativa L.1911Coleman, J.New Concord
Anthophoridae1916not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus vagans, not of this specimenBombus vagans Smith, 18541916P.R. Lowry
A photograph of the species Colletes nudus, not of this specimenColletes nudus Robertson, 18981916unknown
A photograph of the species Linognathus vituli, not of this specimenLinognathus vituli (Linnaeus, 1758)1920P. R. Lowry
A photograph of the species Solenopotes capillatus, not of this specimenSolenopotes capillatus Enderlein, 19041920P. R. Lowry
A photograph of the species Strigiphilus Mjoberg, not of this specimenStrigiphilus Mjoberg, 19101920P. R. Lowry
Allocapnia recta (Claassen, 1924)1935H.H. Ross

All 995 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Spratt: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ohio Power PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ohio Power PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Puskarich Limestone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Muskingum 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
Saint Clair (historical)1.8 miles14
Freeland2.3 miles15
Rich Hill (historical)2.7 miles15
High Hill3.3 miles14
Rix Mills3.7 miles14
Smith (historical)3.9 miles15
Zeno5.1 miles14
Chandlersville5.3 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on SprattAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22134298The 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 1063032. 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.