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Steamburg, Ohio

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Richmond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44032. The Survey maps it on the Leon quadrangle.

Steamburg within Ashtabula County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Steamburg, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Steamburg, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 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

2 since 2020

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Steamburg between 2020 and 2020, 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.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning2

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 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15702
21 November 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15999

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashtabula County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 175 shown

Museums hold 175 specimens collected within 10 miles of Steamburg between 1872 and 1975: 158 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. B. Hellquist, Currutt, D. A. (Dennis A.), Davis, H.A.; Davis, 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
Specimen of Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt.Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt.1872L. B. Tuckerman
A photograph of the species Riccia fluitans, not of this specimenRiccia fluitans L.1892E. E. Bogue
A photograph of the species Geranium pusillum, not of this specimenGeranium pusillum L.1893GoodrichAshtabula Co.
A photograph of the species Margarinotus faedatus, not of this specimenMargarinotus faedatus (J.E.LeConte, 1845)1908R. SimJefferson
A photograph of the species Aix sponsa, not of this specimenAix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)1909G.H. WilliamsEast Arivell
A photograph of the species Buteo lineatus, not of this specimenButeo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788)1909J.H. WilliamsEllsville
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631911not recordedJefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH
A photograph of the species Cicindela duodecimguttata, not of this specimenCicindela duodecimguttata Dejean, 18251911R J. SimJefferson
A photograph of the species Salix lucida, not of this specimenSalix lucida Muhl.1911Jennings, O.E.; Jennings, G.K.; Sim, R.J.Ashtabula Gorge near Jefferson
A photograph of the species Tipularia discolor, not of this specimenTipularia discolor (Pursh) Nutt.1911Sim, R.J.near Jefferson
Sphaeroderus canadensis lengi Darlington, 19331913not recordedJefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH, Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)1919R.J. Sim

All 175 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Steamburg: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Frye Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frye Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ashtabula 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
Anderson (historical)1.7 miles20
Gould2.4 miles20
North Richmond2.6 miles20
Dorset3.5 miles18
Richmond Center3.5 miles20
South Denmark3.6 miles18
Pierpont3.6 miles20
Denmark Center3.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063035. 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.