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Steel Run, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45773. It stands on Steel Run. The Survey maps it on the Belmont quadrangle.

Steel Run within Washington County

Then and now

1904 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Steel Run, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Steel Run, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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 1902 county history

14,305 words on this township

The county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Lawrence Township covers general physical features and geological formation, first settlement, old families, eccentric characters, german emigration, scotch emigration.

Read the chapter on Lawrence Township - 14,305 words.

Fires nearby

19 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Steel Run between 2001 and 2019, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National Forest15 MILE FIRE
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestNEFF RIDGE
1 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestTUESDAY FIRE
5 April 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresWayne National Forest15 MILE
3 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestMT. PISGAH
15 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources890
7 March 2001Arson/incendiarism55 acresWayne National ForestBELL
24 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresWayne National ForestSTATE ROUTE 26

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 250 shown

Museums hold 250 specimens collected within 10 miles of Steel Run between 1853 and 1975: 228 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albert Hazen Wright, BRYAN, C R; BRYAN, B A, Bartholomew, E.A. 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 Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.FuchsDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1941Meddles, O.; Steele, M.Millwood Twp. From rich woods (lilly), along Putney Ridge between Quaker City and Salesville.
A photograph of the species Anaxyrus americanus, not of this specimenAnaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)1853not recordedMarietta
A photograph of the species Anaxyrus fowleri, not of this specimenAnaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882)1853not recordedMarietta
A photograph of the species Diadophis punctatus, not of this specimenDiadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)1853not recordedMarietta
A photograph of the species Graptemys geographica, not of this specimenGraptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817)1853not recordedMarietta
Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827)1853not recordedMarietta
A photograph of the species Thamnophis Fitzinger, not of this specimenThamnophis Fitzinger, 18431853not recordedMarietta
A photograph of the species Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, not of this specimenCryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)1883Albert Hazen WrightMarietta
Alternaria solani Sorauer1905Post A. LeeLong Reach
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonnii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803)1929MB Trautman & asstE Fork of Duck Creek, trib of Duck Creek, wtihin 0.5 mi of mouth, Salem Twp
A photograph of the species Cyprinella spiloptera, not of this specimenCyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867)1929MB TrautmanLittle Muskingum River, northeastern Marietta Twp
A photograph of the species Cyprinella whipplei, not of this specimenCyprinella whipplei Girard, 18561929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Little Muskingum River, near Hune Covered Bridge, south of Wingett Run OH, NE Lawrence Township

All 250 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
Dart0.8 miles19
Heslop1.9 miles15
Fay2.0 miles19
Shay2.7 miles16
Moss Run3.1 miles19
Archers Fork3.1 miles20
Wingett Run3.1 miles16
Schley3.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076962. 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.