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Stringer, Ohio

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Wells Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43943. It stands on Blues Run. The Survey maps it on the Tiltonsville quadrangle.

Stringer within Jefferson County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stringer, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Stringer, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

27 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

36 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Stringer between 1992 and 2018, burning about 33 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
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
13 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBETHANY PIKE/GREENS RUN RD.
13 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryGIRTYS RT RD
1 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryTOP OF HUKILLS RUN
2 May 1996Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryGREEN'S RUN
10 May 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBEECH BOTTOM
30 April 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBEED BOTTOM
3 April 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry49 HILL ROAD
19 April 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWINDSOR HEIGHTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 378 shown

Museums hold 378 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stringer between 1836 and 1974: 197 Animalia, 140 Plantae, 40 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allison W. Cusick, Arden R. Gaufin, BANKS, C S 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 Vitis aestivalis Michx.Vitis aestivalis Michx.1836Jewett
Specimen of Polygonum erectum L.Polygonum erectum L.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio
Specimen of Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) LinkPuccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link1902W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Betula lenta, not of this specimenBetula lenta L.1877Wertz, H.W.Buffalo Creek near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Carex hirsutella, not of this specimenCarex hirsutella Mack.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium latifolium, not of this specimenDichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, not of this specimenDichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Elymus hystrix, not of this specimenElymus hystrix L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Fagus grandifolia, not of this specimenFagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Guttenberg, H.G.Wellsburg
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1877Guttenberg, G.near Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum mutilum, not of this specimenHypericum mutilum L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville

All 378 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 Stringer: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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 Ferro-Alloys/ Brilliant, OhioZirconiumProducer
Dredge No. 16Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fairfax DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Rush Run1.0 miles27
Salt Run1.1 miles27
Hopewell2.6 miles27
Brilliant2.9 miles24
Warrenton3.0 miles27
Rayland3.8 miles27
Connorville3.9 miles27
Connor4.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065394. 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.