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Youba, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45723. It stands on Youba Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Lubeck quadrangle.

Youba within Athens County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Youba, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Youba, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Youba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 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 burning12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1861
29 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry504 SOUTH SCHULTZ ROAD
18 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBEEMAN ROAD
8 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryNEW ENGLAND RIDGE ROAD
2 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWALKER LANE
17 August 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryNEW ENGLAND RIDGE
5 June 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWALKER LANE
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryFORT BORMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Athens County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 109 specimens collected within 10 miles of Youba between 1928 and 1974: 109 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, C. Weatherby, Dennis, D. M. & Adler, K. K. 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
A photograph of the species Cynips Linnaeus, not of this specimenCynips Linnaeus, 17581928A. C. KinseyCoolville
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Troy Twp., Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Troy Twp., Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, not of this specimenGyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)1931Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Troy Twp., Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Troy Twp., Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1939Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Hocking River, dst SR 7/US 50, ~0.5 mi NE of Coolville OH, Troy Township
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191939Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Hocking River, dst SR 7/US 50, ~0.5 mi NE of Coolville OH, Troy Township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1939Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Hocking River, dst SR 7/US 50, ~0.5 mi NE of Coolville OH, Troy Township
Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque, 1820)1939Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Hocking River, at mouth, at Hockingport OH, Troy Township
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus hinei Trautman, 19561939Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Hocking River, at mouth, at Hockingport OH, Troy Township
A photograph of the species Cyprinella whipplei, not of this specimenCyprinella whipplei Girard, 18561939Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Hocking River, dst SR 7/US 50, ~0.5 mi NE of Coolville OH, Troy Township
A photograph of the species Dorosoma cepedianum, not of this specimenDorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)1939Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Hocking River, dst SR 7/US 50, ~0.5 mi NE of Coolville OH, Troy Township

All 109 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Youba: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Amax Specialty Metal/Washington WvaZirconiumPast Producer
Griffin Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Athens 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
Torch1.7 miles16
Hockingport1.9 miles14
Coolville2.8 miles14
Ireland3.1 miles13
Frost6.2 miles13
Vanderhoof6.2 miles14
Lottridge8.1 miles13
Beebe9.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058849. 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.