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Walser, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Thorn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43076. It stands on Bowling Green Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenford quadrangle.

Walser within Perry County

Then and now

1909 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walser, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Walser, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed 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 near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Walser between 2007 and 2020, burning about 11 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2223
3 April 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15123
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15132
18 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10429
18 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10228
18 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10229
13 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11926

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 120 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 120 specimens collected within 10 miles of Walser between 1900 and 1965: 106 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Auten, Breakey, David H. Stansbery 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 Uromyces scirpi BurrillUromyces scirpi Burrill1902Kellerman, W.A.Buckeye Lake
A photograph of the species Dicentra cucullaria, not of this specimenDicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.1900Williamson, E.B.New Salem
A photograph of the species Puccinia muhlenbergiae, not of this specimenPuccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw.1902W. A. KellermanBuckeye Lake
A photograph of the species Uromyces Unger, not of this specimenUromyces (Link) Unger, 18331902W. A. KellermanBuckeye Lake
A photograph of the species Cercosporella cana, not of this specimenCercosporella cana (Sacc.) Sacc.1903Kellerman, W.A.Buckeye Lake
A photograph of the species Absconditella sphagnorum, not of this specimenAbsconditella sphagnorum Vĕzda & Poelt1910F. DetmersBuckeye Lake, Cranberry Island
A photograph of the species Sphagnum palustre, not of this specimenSphagnum palustre L.1910R. F. GriggsBuckeye Lake
A photograph of the species Sphagnum recurvum, not of this specimenSphagnum recurvum P.Beauv.1910R. F. GriggsBuckeye Lake
Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 18751923Fulton, B.BBuckeye Lake
A photograph of the species Atrichopogon levis, not of this specimenAtrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901)1925not recordedBuckeye Lake
Nilobezzia mallochi Wirth, 19621925not recordedBuckeye Lake
Probezzia Kieffer, 19061925not recordedBuckeye Lake

All 120 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Walser: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Busse Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Glass Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Walters PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Walters PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Yost1.2 miles12
Glenford2.6 miles12
Thornport3.0 miles14
Thornville3.7 miles14
Ziontown4.1 miles11
Glass Rock4.3 miles12
Chalfants4.8 miles11
Firemans Park4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065451. 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.