Yarico, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Mason Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45678. It lies in Spot Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
98 since 1997The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Yarico between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,024 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | WILGUS |
| 5 September 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15824 |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SIMMS CREEK #1 |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | TOWNHOUSE |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1661 |
| 3 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 790 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 194 shownMuseums hold 194 specimens collected within 10 miles of Yarico between 1840 and 1972: 184 Animalia, 6 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Kennedy, Collector(s): Woodrow W. Goodpaster; Preparator(s): Woodrow W. Goodpaster, Cooper, C. (Carolyn) 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | 1840 | Short, C.W. | along Ohio River |
![]() | Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Waterloo |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Holcocephala calva (Loew, 1872) | 1926 | C. Kennedy | [not stated] |
![]() | Cremastus Gravenhorst, 1829 | 1927 | L. Stearns | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Natrix sipedon sipedon | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Elizabeth Twp.: Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio |
![]() | Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio, USA |
| Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Wolfram, G. (George) | Elizabeth Twp.: Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1930 | MB Trautman | Indian Guyan Creek, trib of the Ohio River, Rome Twp |
![]() | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Indian Guyan Creek, trib of the Ohio River, Rome Twp |
All 194 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yarico: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabia Lime Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Arabia Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greasy Ridge | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lecta | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Saundersville | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Okey | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rappsburg | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Arabia | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wilgus | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Waterloo | 4.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122597951 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1077239. 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.
























