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Webb Summit, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. It lies in Temperance Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.

Webb Summit within Hocking County

Then and now

1907 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Webb Summit, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Webb Summit, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

52 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Webb Summit between 2006 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
1 May 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresWayne National ForestINBODEN
1 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2243
6 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15615
3 April 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15614
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBUG
25 April 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestBRASS RING FIRE
24 April 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,804 shown

Museums hold 1,804 specimens collected within 10 miles of Webb Summit between 1839 and 1975: 1,332 Animalia, 370 Plantae, 68 Fungi, 34 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, A. Schrader, Aaron J. Sharp 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.

All 1,804 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 14 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Webb Summit: 9 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Brick Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Greendale Minerals LeaseClay, CoalPast Producer
Hocking PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Maxville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Clay PitClayProducer
General Hocking Clay and Shale PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hocking 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
Winona (historical)1.3 miles14
Old Gore3.1 miles14
Maysville3.3 miles14
Gore3.6 miles14
Max (historical)3.6 miles13
Logan4.0 miles14
Monday Creek Junction4.6 miles14
South Logan4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1077156. 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.