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Sundale, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43767. The Survey maps it on the Norwich quadrangle.

Sundale within Muskingum County

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sundale, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sundale, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

32 since 2011

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Sundale between 2011 and 2018, burning about 37 acres in total. 1 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
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 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2012Natural3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2017Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7926
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4505
2 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio 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 1,452 shown

Museums hold 1,452 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sundale between 1890 and 1975: 1,133 Animalia, 306 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 5 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 Scleroderris rubra MorganScleroderris rubra Morgan1891Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza nana Massee & MorganPeziza nana Massee & Morgan1895Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Frullania saxicola AustinFrullania saxicola Austin1896William C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Lehm.1890W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella pinnata, not of this specimenPorella pinnata L.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
Specimen of Lachnum viridulum Massee & MorganLachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza morganii MasseePeziza morganii Massee1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage).
Tapesia derelicta Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
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

All 1,452 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 Sundale: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Westland QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Westland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Norwich0.5 miles15
New Concord3.3 miles14
Bridgeville4.1 miles15
Rix Mills4.4 miles14
Smith Mill4.8 miles15
Georgetown4.9 miles15
Rich Hill (historical)5.1 miles15
Spring Valley5.4 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 SundaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22747328The 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 1061664. 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.