Sunset Valley, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44675. The Survey maps it on the Mineral City quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
17 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1912 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mineral City quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mineral City quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mineral City quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mineral City quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mineral City quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
20 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Valley between 2003 and 2019, burning about 234 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13825 |
| 30 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 817 |
| 12 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1211 |
| 12 April 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 158 shownMuseums hold 158 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sunset Valley between 1905 and 1975: 148 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, E. J., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Baker, C. W. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt | 1970 | Jones, G.T. | moist wooded river valley west of Leesville |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1905 | Ortmann, Arnold E | New Hagerstown |
![]() | Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1905 | Ortmann, A.E. | Bowerston |
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1905 | Ortmann, Arnold E | New Hagerstown |
![]() | Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832) | 1927 | C.W. Baker | |
![]() | Pleurotus ulmarius (Bull.) P.Kumm. | 1927 | not recorded | Bowerston |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Notropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
All 158 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Valley: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conotton Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Conotton Valley Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrick | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Atwood Village | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cove Cottage Area | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Atwood Cove | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Atwood Crossing | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Arrowhead | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Atwood (historical) | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pines Cottage Area | 1.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1052409. 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.




























