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Walnut Hills, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Moorefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45503. It stands on Moore Run. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.

Walnut Hills within Clark County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Walnut Hills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Walnut Hills, surveyed 1904

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.

In the county-history sources

85,358 words on this township

The county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Moorefield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Moorefield Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Fires near this place

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Hills between 2002 and 2002, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
21 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 October 2002Naturalunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 October 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 October 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 744 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 744 specimens collected within 10 miles of Walnut Hills between 1840 and 1975: 486 Animalia, 213 Plantae, 44 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 73.7; J.H., A. Barron, A. N. Leeds 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 Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) BlasdellCystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell1878Beardslee, H.C.near Springfield
Specimen of Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.1916W.G. Stover; E.C. Leonardnear Springfield
Specimen of Ustilago heufleri FuckelUstilago heufleri Fuckel1917E.R. Leonard
A photograph of the species Caulophyllum thalictroides, not of this specimenCaulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.1840Williams, M.G.Springfield
A photograph of the species Staphylea trifolia, not of this specimenStaphylea trifolia L.1840Williams, M.G.Springfield
A photograph of the species Funaria hygrometrica, not of this specimenFunaria hygrometrica Hedw.1846not recordedSpringfield
A photograph of the species Bryhnia graminicolor, not of this specimenBryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout1870J. W. Eckfeldtnear Springfield
A photograph of the species Bryum pseudotriquetrum, not of this specimenBryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Hygroamblystegium tenax, not of this specimenHygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Schwetschkeopsis denticulata, not of this specimenSchwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Amblystegium serpens, not of this specimenAmblystegium serpens var. angustifolium H.Lindb. ex Limpr.1871H. J. BiddlecomeSpringfield
A photograph of the species Asterella tenella, not of this specimenAsterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv.1871Hannah J. BiddlecomeSpringfield

All 744 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Hills: 4 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
County Line Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
County Line Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eagle City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Seans Woods0.3 miles15
Terra Cella Manor0.6 miles15
Greenlawn Village0.6 miles15
Edgewood Farms0.9 miles15
Home Orchards1.1 miles15
Ridgewood1.2 miles15
Oakwood Village1.4 miles15
Kingsgate Commons1.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1051358. 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.