Youngs, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brush Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45657. It stands on Laurel Fork. The Survey maps it on the Rarden quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1991The 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 sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1915 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Otway quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rarden quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rarden quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rarden quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rarden quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
46 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Youngs between 2003 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15199 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12625 |
| 2 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12405 |
| 2 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | DRY FORK |
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 499 shownMuseums hold 499 specimens collected within 10 miles of Youngs between 1893 and 1975: 387 Animalia, 97 Fungi, 14 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. W. Evermann, Bean & B. Evermann, Braun, E. Lucy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | Alum Rock |
![]() | Ceriporia spissa (Schwein. ex Fr.) Rajchenb. | 1937 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rock Run |
![]() | Coprinellus micaceus (Bull.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq.Johnson | 1937 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rock Run |
![]() | Myelochroa galbina (Ach.) Elix & Hale | 1893 | Jones, T.H.B | Otway |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
| Eratoneura minor (Beamer, 1932) | 1921 | McAtee | ||
![]() | Acroneuria frisoni Stark & Brown, 1991 | 1925 | Clarence H. Kennedy | |
![]() | Agnetina annulipes (Hagen, 1861) | 1925 | Clarence H. Kennedy | |
![]() | Agnetina capitata (Pictet, 1841) | 1925 | Clarence H. Kennedy | |
![]() | Neoperla robisoni Poulton & Stewart, 1986 | 1925 | Clarence H. Kennedy | |
| Neoperla stewarti Stark & Baumann, 1978 | 1925 | Clarence H. Kennedy |
All 499 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Youngs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waller Bros Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2016The National Weather Service names Youngs in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Youngs | - | High water was reported in the Rarden area. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Youngs | - | State Route 73 at mile post 5 was closed due to high water. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049358. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






















