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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

The Point, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Paint Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45612. It stands on Rocky Fork. The Survey maps it on the Bainbridge quadrangle.

The Point within Highland County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of The Point, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of The Point, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

9 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of The Point between 2003 and 2015, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
12 April 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 February 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 November 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 November 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2545
17 November 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources2994
11 November 2014Debris and open burning7.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 950 shown

Museums hold 950 specimens collected within 10 miles of The Point between 1876 and 1975: 531 Animalia, 357 Fungi, 49 Plantae, 10 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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 Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.1939Cooke, William BridgeSeven Caves (Highlands Nature Sanctuary)
Specimen of Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) OrtonPhyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton1939Cooke, William BridgeRocky Fork of Paint Creek at 7 Caves
Specimen of Hypholoma lateritium (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.Hypholoma lateritium (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.1947Keuse, H.O.Fort Hill
A photograph of the species Cordyceps militaris, not of this specimenCordyceps militaris (L.) Link1876W. B. CookeFort Hill State Memorial
A photograph of the species Andropogon gerardi, not of this specimenAndropogon gerardi Vitman1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Asplenium rhizophyllum, not of this specimenAsplenium rhizophyllum L.1910Hopkins, L.S."Caves" Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Brachyelytrum erectum, not of this specimenBrachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Cardamine pensylvanica, not of this specimenCardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Cinna arundinacea, not of this specimenCinna arundinacea L.1910Hopkins, L.S.Panel Creek
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1910Hopkins, L.S.Careo, Paint Creek
A photograph of the species Diarrhena americana, not of this specimenDiarrhena americana P.Beauv.1910Hopkins, L.S.Point Creek
A photograph of the species Digitaria sanguinalis, not of this specimenDigitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.1910Hopkins, L.S.Paint Creek

All 950 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of The Point: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Bainbridge QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Highland 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
Barretts Mills2.9 miles17
Rainsboro4.0 miles17
Beaver Mill5.1 miles17
Carmel5.5 miles17
New Petersburg5.6 miles13
Coon Crossing5.7 miles17
McCoppin Mill5.9 miles17
Highland Holiday6.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061216. 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.