BlockFrom the record
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Athens County · listed in 1978 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sunday Creek Coal Company Mine No. 6
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Address. E of East Millfield, East Millfield
- When was it listed? May 1978
- Category. structure
- National Register reference number. 78002005 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1903 to 2002The ground this property stands on, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
57 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Sunday Creek Coal Company Mine No. 6 between 2003 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BEAN HOLLOW |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | RAW FIRE |
| 26 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | LITTLE |
| 9 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 329 BRAVO |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BIG BAILEY |
| 2 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | NORTH PEACH |
| 12 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | MILL CREEK FIRE |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1903 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weethee Historic District | 1.7 miles | 1980 | |
 | Kidwell Covered Bridge | 2.2 miles | 1977 |
| Athens County Infirmary | 3.7 miles | 2003 | |
 | Joseph Clester House | 4.0 miles | 1980 |
| Hocking Valley Coal Company Town Historic District | 5.2 miles | 2007 | |
 | Palos Covered Bridge | 6.4 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78002005 in Record Group 79. |
| Athens County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.