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Wakatomika, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43821. It stands on Wakatomika Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dresden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wakatomika within Muskingum County

Then and now

1910 to 1966

The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wakatomika (historical), surveyed 1966
Topographic sheet of Wakatomika (historical), surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

27 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Wakatomika (historical) between 2012 and 2020, burning about 85 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
19 May 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8307
9 April 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15147
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11168
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11166
18 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7887
15 April 2016Smoking2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4328
1 April 2014Debris and open burning50 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio 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 382 shown

Museums hold 382 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wakatomika (historical) between 1866 and 1974: 248 Animalia, 114 Plantae, 19 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, Andreas, Barbara; Cusick, Allison, Buker, W.C. 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 Plasmopara cubensis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) HumphreyPlasmopara cubensis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Humphrey1898Selby, A.D.Trinway
Specimen of Synchytrium decipiens (Farl.) Farl.Synchytrium decipiens (Farl.) Farl.1931E. B. Mains
Specimen of Stereum albobadium (Schwein.) Fr.Stereum albobadium (Schwein.) Fr.1936Cooke, William BridgeLittle Salt Creek
A photograph of the species Arabis hesperidoides, not of this specimenArabis hesperidoides (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray1866Day, D.F.Dresden
A photograph of the species Lampsilis ovata, not of this specimenLampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)1893Smith, Herbert HAdams Mills, Barrs Mills
A photograph of the species Ortmanniana ligamentina, not of this specimenOrtmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)1893Smith, Herbert HAdams Mills
Hebata esuma (Goding, 1890)1917not recorded
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township
A photograph of the species Ambystoma texanum, not of this specimenAmbystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Trinway, Cass Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Frazeysburg, Jackson Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Notophthalmus viridescens, not of this specimenNotophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Near Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio

All 382 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wakatomika (historical): 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cox Gravel Co Plant No 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cox PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cox Sand & Gravel Plant No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Dresden0.0 miles11
Lower Dresden0.5 miles11
Trinway1.4 miles11
Rock Cut4.1 miles15
Adams Mills4.2 miles14
Shannon4.8 miles11
Ellis5.4 miles15
Wills Town (historical)5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075220. 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.