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

State Line, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Unity Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44413. It stands on Sulphur Run. The Survey maps it on the East Palestine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

State Line within Columbiana 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 State Line (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of State Line (historical), surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

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.

In the 1879 county history

8,241 words on this township

The county history of 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Unity Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Unity Township - 8,241 words.

Fires nearby

7 since 2010

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of State Line (historical) between 2010 and 2019, burning about 15 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 burning5
Smoking1
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
3 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2010Debris and open burning10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13625
22 March 2017Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7540
22 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources3908
13 March 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15024
4 November 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 416 shown

Museums hold 416 specimens collected within 10 miles of State Line (historical) between 1882 and 1975: 216 Animalia, 190 Plantae, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Bright, J., Buker, W.E.; Henry, L.K. 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 Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
Specimen of Hypochnicium analogum (Bourdot & Galzin) J.Erikss.Hypochnicium analogum (Bourdot & Galzin) J.Erikss.1963W. B. Cooke, V.G. Cookewoods near roadside park, SR-7, 3 mi. s. of Rogers.
Specimen of Peniophora aurantiaca (Bres.) Höhn. & Litsch.Peniophora aurantiaca (Bres.) Höhn. & Litsch.1963WB & VG Cooke3 mi. s. of Rogers
A photograph of the species Solanum dulcamara, not of this specimenSolanum dulcamara L.1882Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Equisetum hyemale, not of this specimenEquisetum hyemale subsp. affine (A.Braun & Engelm.) A.A.Eaton1883Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Levisticum officinale, not of this specimenLevisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch1883Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1884Shafer, J.A.Near Petersburg Cemetery
A photograph of the species Armoracia rusticana, not of this specimenArmoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1884Shafer, J.A.Wm. Hills place near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Botrychium dissectum, not of this specimenBotrychium dissectum Spreng.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Chelone glabra, not of this specimenChelone glabra L.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Clematis virginiana, not of this specimenClematis virginiana L.1884Shafer, J.A.Petersburg

All 416 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of State Line (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Bituminous. 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
Negley Refractories PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Negley Refractories PitClay, BituminousPast Producer
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana 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
East Palestine1.1 miles17
Wheat Hill Estates1.3 miles17
Jimtown1.4 miles17
Clearwood Court2.1 miles17
Unity2.9 miles17
Negley3.4 miles17
Achor4.5 miles17
Mill Rock4.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067657. 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.