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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Wetmore, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Scioto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45661. It stands on Goldust Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wakefield quadrangle.

Wetmore within Pike County

Then and now

1915 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wetmore, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Wetmore, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

28 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Wetmore between 2003 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15743
9 May 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1262
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1261
8 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,128 shown

Museums hold 1,128 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wetmore between 1894 and 1975: 986 Animalia, 101 Fungi, 39 Plantae, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. W. Evermann, Bales, B. R., Beach, S. (Sam) & Taub, S. H. (Stephen H.) 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 Aecidium compositarum Rabenh.Aecidium compositarum Rabenh.1896F.L. StevensColumbus
Specimen of Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)1909not recordedScioto River, Piketon
Specimen of Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 18201909not recordedPiketon, Scioto River
A photograph of the species Hybognathus nuchalis, not of this specimenHybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 18551894Bean & B. EvermannScioto Creek, Coopersville, New York
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181894B. W. EvermannCooperville; Scioto Cr
A photograph of the species Asio flammeus, not of this specimenAsio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Piketon, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Baeolophus bicolor, not of this specimenBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)1898Clayton, W. M.Piketon, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1898not recordedWaverly, Pike, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Poecile carolinensis, not of this specimenPoecile carolinensis extimus (Todd & Sutton, 1936)1898not recordedPiketon, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sayornis phoebe, not of this specimenSayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790)1898Clayton, W.Piketon, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Spizella pusilla, not of this specimenSpizella pusilla (A.Wilson, 1810)1898not recordedWaverly, Pike, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Toxostoma rufum, not of this specimenToxostoma rufum (Linnaeus, 1758)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Piketon, Ohio, USA

All 1,128 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 Wetmore: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 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
A & S Plant A-7 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Cutlip PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cutlip Plant Dredge & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gregory Materials CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Wakefield0.8 miles12
Coopersville1.0 miles12
Sargents3.1 miles15
Shyville3.9 miles13
Riverdale4.0 miles15
Camp5.0 miles12
Van Meter5.8 miles15
Bobo6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062596. 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.