Thivener, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45631. It stands on Bullskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Apple Grove quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1906 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Apple Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Apple Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Apple Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Apple Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Apple Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Apple Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
46 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Thivener between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 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 burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5606 |
| 3 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5005 |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PLEASANT RIDGE ROAD |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4207 |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 370 shownMuseums hold 370 specimens collected within 10 miles of Thivener between 1888 and 1969: 214 Animalia, 120 Fungi, 22 Plantae, 12 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer, W. A., Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Moxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Near Gallipolis, Racoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis blennius (Girard, 1856) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Percina copelandi (Jordan, 1877) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Raccoon Island, Ohio River |
![]() | Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis (Pers.) Lév. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl. | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
![]() | Uromyces trifolii (R.Hedw.) Lév., 1847 | 1891 | Millspaugh C. F. | Point Pleasant |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Arthromacra aenea | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
All 370 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2016The National Weather Service names Thivener in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thivener | $2,000 | Multiple trees fell down in and around the town of Gallipolis. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thivener | - | A tree was blown down across Ohio Route 775. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Holiday Hills | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hilton (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Clipper Mills | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Raccoon Island | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Moody (historical) | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Northup | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Leaper | 3.9 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552019 | The 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 1077042. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
























