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

Whitney, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43950. It stands on OK Run. The Survey maps it on the Saint Clairsville quadrangle.

Whitney within Belmont County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whitney, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Whitney, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 1903 county history

6,198 words on this township

The county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Smith Township covers the highest point in the county, the early settlers, township officials and population, jacobsburg, reminiscences of pioneer days, the schools.

Read the chapter on Smith Township - 6,198 words.

Fires nearby

16 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Whitney between 2002 and 2020, burning about 30 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
26 July 2002Naturalunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 May 2017Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9666
4 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15137
30 March 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15559
23 March 2017Other causesunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7609
23 March 2017Other causesunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7568
20 March 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 922 shown

Museums hold 922 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whitney between 1829 and 1975: 612 Plantae, 197 Animalia, 112 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. D. Selby & E. L. Moseley, A. D. Selby & J. F. Hicks 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 Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829Racodium E.M.Fries, 18291829J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 17631839J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Puccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont.Puccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont.1905J.L. SheldonNear Round Bottom
A photograph of the species Persicaria virginiana, not of this specimenPersicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.1835E. WilkinsonOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sparganioides, not of this specimenCarex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.1837B. FrankOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sullivantii, not of this specimenCarex × sullivantii Boott1842W. S. SullivantOhio
A photograph of the species Homalothecium subcapillatum, not of this specimenHomalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull.1843D. Sullivan
A photograph of the species Euphorbia maculata, not of this specimenEuphorbia maculata L.1844S. B. MeadOhio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Carex gracilescens, not of this specimenCarex gracilescens Steud.1847G. B. AshcroftOhio
A photograph of the species Carex stricta, not of this specimenCarex stricta Lam.1853E. L. MoseleyOhio
A photograph of the species Cylindrothecium seductrix, not of this specimenCylindrothecium seductrix (Hedw.) Sull.1863D. Sullivan

All 922 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Warnock0.8 miles17
Glencoe2.2 miles17
Centerville3.2 miles12
Lamira3.2 miles17
Kelsey (historical)3.4 miles12
Jacobsburg3.6 miles12
Homeside3.7 miles17
Stewartsville3.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1082201. 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.