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Hocking County, Ohio

89 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

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From the record

7 National Register listings · 22 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1886 to 1914 · the 1861 county history tells 0 stories and names 0 people.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Ohio within the United States
Hocking County within Ohio
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What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Logan, between 1886 and 1949.
  • 7 fire insurance atlas(es) survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 890 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 7 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places, including 2 houses and farms.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 59 populated places in this county; 0 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 1 public-domain county history, 1861, supply 0 words of narrative reproduced here in full.

Photographs

4 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Freedom Memorial Church of Christ in Christian Union, Logan, Ohio
Freedom Memorial Church of Christ in Christian Union, Logan, Ohio
Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of Congress
Shepherd of the Valley United Brethren in Christ church, Logan, Ohio.   All services canceled until ?
Shepherd of the Valley United Brethren in Christ church, Logan, Ohio. All services canceled until ?
Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of Congress
Closed GameStop, Logan, Ohio
Closed GameStop, Logan, Ohio
Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of Congress
Shawnee Tower, 500 feet north of juncture of Township Roads 222 & 393, Murray City, Hocking County, OH
Shawnee Tower, 500 feet north of juncture of Township Roads 222 & 393, Murray City, Hocking County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

7

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Inter County Highway 360structure200202001552
Inter County Highway 360structure200202001552
James, Charles Worth, Housebuilding198080003100
Logan City Hallbuilding198080003101
McCarthy-Blosser-Dillon Buildingbuilding198484000449
Riley Specialty Shoe Companybuilding2023100008686
Woodruff, William H., Housebuilding198282003598

Covered bridges

0

Hocking County holds 0 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Digitised newspapers

6 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Hocking Sentinel

Logan, Ohio, 1871 to 1906. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Democrat-Sentinel

Logan, Ohio, 1906 to 1935. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1875 - Combination atlas map of Logan county, Ohio,
Bird's-eye view (1875) - Combination atlas map of Logan county, Ohio,. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1890 - Atlas of Logan County, Ohio
Land ownership map (1890) - Atlas of Logan County, Ohio. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

3 of 4 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 4 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

A plat of Starr township Hocking County Ohio, Boston Public Library - undated
A plat of Starr township Hocking County Ohio. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
A plat showing the position of the different townships, Boston Public Library - undated
A plat showing the position of the different townships. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Plat of the town of Logan, Boston Public Library - undated
Plat of the town of Logan. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

24 of 498 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. 498 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-19, scale 1:19000
1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-19, scale 1:19000
1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-19, scale 1:19000
1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-19, scale 1:19000
1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-03-18, scale 1:24000
1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-03-18, scale 1:24000
1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-03-18, scale 1:24000
1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-03-18, scale 1:24000
1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:98658
1971-04-16, scale 1:98658. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:99228
1971-04-16, scale 1:99228. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:99228
1971-04-16, scale 1:99228. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:99228
1971-04-16, scale 1:99228. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-06, scale 1:78000
1975-04-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-06, scale 1:78000
1975-04-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-06, scale 1:78000
1975-04-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-06, scale 1:78000
1975-04-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

City directories

1 volume

The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.

Weather records

17 stations, 23 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

30 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 37-1Benton township
  • 37-2Falls township: Logan city: Logan city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Market; Hill, Cherry Ave., Mound; Canal
  • 37-3Logan city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Canal, Third, Wood; Hunter; Elm
  • 37-4Logan city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Elm; City limits; City limits
  • 37-5Logan city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Third, Mound, Cherry Ave., Hill; Market; Main, Hunter; Wood
  • 37-6Logan city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Main, Homer Ave., Main; Culver, Hunter, Zanesville Ave., East
  • 37-7Logan city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; East, Zanesville Ave., Hunter, Culver; Main; Market
  • 37-8Logan city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Main, Homer Ave., Main; City limits; City limits, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; Ward line, Market
  • 37-9Logan city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; City limits; City limits; City limits, Hocking River, Ward line
  • 37-10Logan city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Hunter, Main; Market; Front; Gallagher Ave., Second, Wood
  • 37-11Logan city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits, Hunter; Wood, Second, Gallagher Ave., Front, Ward line; Hocking River, City limits; City limits
  • 37-12Falls township - That part comprising Falls Gore
  • 37-13Falls township - That part east of State Hwy. 664, outside Logan city
  • 37-14Falls township - That part west of State Hwy. 664, outside Logan city
  • 37-15Good Hope township
  • 37-16Green township: Haydenville, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo BCJ - 4 - 1)
  • 37-17Green township - That part outside the unincorporated place of Haydenville. (See aerial photo BCJ - 4 - 1 for boundaries of Haydenville)
  • 37-18Laurel township
  • 37-19Marion township
  • 37-20Perry township: Laurelville village
  • 37-21Perry township - That part outside Laurelville village
  • 37-22Salt Creek township
  • 37-23Star township: Starr township - That part east of State Hwy. 328, and north of State Hwy. 56
  • 37-24Starr township - That part west of State Hwy. 328, and south of State Hwy. 56
  • 37-25Ward township: Murray City village: Murray City village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits, Ward, Hack
  • 37-26Murray City village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Hack; Ward; Village limits
  • 37-27Carbon Hill, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo BCJ - 5 - 105)
  • 37-28Ward township - That part east of the section line from the northeast corner of Section 24, Township 13, Range 15, to the southeast corner of Section 19, Township 13, Range 15, outside Murray City village
  • 37-29Ward township - That part west of the section line from the northeast corner of Section 24, Township 13, Range 15, to the southeast corner of Section 19, Township 13, Range 15, outside the unincorporated place of Carbon Hill. (See aerial photo BCJ - 5 - 105 for boundaries on Carbon Hill)
  • 37-30Washington township

Businesses named in the atlases

22 businesses

Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 2 of these 22 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.

Wildfire, 1993 to 2020

378 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 378 of them, burning about 710 acres. 3 started naturally and 14 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning142
Recreation and ceremony94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Power generation/transmission/distribution29
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism14
Other causes11
Smoking7
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 April 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution54 acresWayne National ForestBURTON
25 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesBERNE TWP.
12 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources822
10 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 March 2012Debris and open burning25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2009Debris and open burning17 acresWayne National ForestKLINGER FIRE
27 April 2009Arson/incendiarism15 acresWayne National ForestTICK RIDGE FIRE
22 March 2013Debris and open burning14 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1968 to 2026

60 of 305 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 305 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 11 injuries and about $4,866,754 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind164
Flood54
Flash Flood40
Hail39
Tornado6
Lightning1
Heavy Rain1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Flash FloodSouth Bloomingville1 killedHocking Hills State Park reported that a tree fell onto a hiker in Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve. The cause was estimated to be hillside instability due to several days of moderate to heavy rainfall.
June 2006LightningLogan10 hurtTen people were injured, one seriously, from a lightning bolt that struck the outdoor pavillion they were standing under. All ten people survived.
April 1987Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
May 2019Tornado (EF2)South Perry$1,500,000The tornado initially touched down about 50 yards west of Union Road/Township Highway 145, where extensive and somewhat severe tree damage was observed at multiple points. More significant structural damage was observed at a home on Wolfe Road, where the second level was completely destroyed and removed from the structure. Windows were blown out of cars on the property and a garage was also completely destroyed. Other homes in the vicinity received minor structural damage, including partial roof removal from several homes. Nearby trees were debarked with significant and severe tree damage extending a bit further east. This continuation of severe and widespread tree damage, including large swaths where trees appeared to have been mowed down, was observed via an aerial survey. Sheared off and flattened tree swaths had widths extending at least several hundred feet. It is because of the aerial footage, as well as on-ground survey efforts, that it was determined that the tornado width grew up to one quarter mile in width east of Union Road, leading up to Middle Fork Road. Here, several homes were impacted, with one of the homes severely damaged. A large propane tank had been thrown 20 to 30 feet from its original resting position. Moreover, a 7000 pound truck was thrown into a house. Widespread significant and severe tree damage was observed in this vicinity as well, including several instances of debarking.||The tornado continued on an eastward path east of Middle Fork Road to Long Run Road. Extensive and widespread significant tree damage was observed in this highly forested area. Several more structures along Long Run Road were damaged, either by the tornado itself or by the large trees downed throughout the area. One mobile home had a tree sever the structure in half. Downed trees in this area were several yards in diameter. Here, it is believed that the tornado maintained a width of up to one quarter of a mile.||A bit further to the east, additional but more minor tree damage was observed along Clapper Hollow Road. Tree damage in this area was less severe and less widespread than points further west. Little to no additional tree or structural damage was observed further east of Clapper Hollow Road. Therefore, it is believed that the tornado lifted shortly after passing east of Clapper Hollow Road.
March 1997Flash FloodCountywide$1,000,000no account filed
June 2018Flash FloodHaydenville$500,000A water rescue occurred in a subdivision on Hock Hocking Road. One home was reported off its foundation from the flash flooding. Around 100 houses were damaged by flooding around Logan. First responders worked for nearly twelve hours to rescue dozens of people trapped in their homes and cars.
August 1997Flash FloodCountywide$500,000Nearly 6.5 inches of rain fell on parts of the county on the 17th, with 4 inches falling in about 4 hours. Numerous roads were flooded and several people were evacuated from their homes. A state of emergency was declared by the county due to flooding.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLaurelville$100,000Some homes and businesses sustained roof and siding damage. Numerous trees were also snapped and uprooted and a tractor trailer was flipped on its side.
May 2012Flash FloodUnion Furnace$100,000Flash flooding occurred in the area due to heavy rainfall. A driveway bridge washed out. Water was rushing into basements. Road damage occurred. Water was also reported in classrooms at an elementary school.
May 2011Flash FloodLaurelville$70,000Several evacuations occurred, vehicles were washed off of roadways, and roads were closed due to flash flooding.
June 2022Tornado (EF2)Haynes$50,000The first damage observed from this tornado was near the main entrance to Tar Hollow State Park along State Route 327. A few trees were downed and there was evidence of a few snapped trees up the hillside to the west. More significant damage was observed on East Fork Road, where a wide swath of trees were both uprooted and snapped. These trees were of several varieties, including hardwood and softwood.||The most significant damage was observed along Narrows Road. The hills to the east of Narrows Road exhibited near-total decimation of the tree canopy, including some spots where virtually every tree was snapped or uprooted. This swath of damage was about four tenths of a mile wide. Along Narrows Road, tree damage was severe enough that work crews continued to clear the area two days after the storm. East of Narrows Road at 1825EST, 4.1 miles south southwest of South Bloomingville, the tornado continued into Vinton County (see Storm Data for Ohio, Southeast).
June 2019Flash FloodSouth Bloomingville$50,000Narrows Road at State Route 56 was washed out. In addition, some trees were reported down.
March 2017FloodUnion Furnace$50,000Union Furnace Elementary School was flooded on the first floor.
May 2001Flash FloodNorthwest Portion$50,000A bridge was washed out in Perry Township. Three homes were evacuated due to high water in this area.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLaurelville$50,000Hundreds of trees were downed of which many fell across power lines. Sixteen telephone poles were broken during the storm.
May 2004Flash FloodLogan$40,000Fourteen homes sustained damage from high water in the Carbon Hill area. Several roads were flooded across the county.
July 2022Flash FloodGibisonville$25,000A vehicle was stranded in high water along Big Pine Road. Numerous roads were also closed throughout Benton and Laurel Townships due to high water. Some minor road damage was reported.
February 2000Flash FloodCountywide$25,000Heavy rainfall caused flooding of numerous county roads.
July 1980Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2025Flash FloodHaynes$20,000A portion of Grin Hollow Road was washed out.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$20,000Numerous trees were downed throughout the county.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMurray City$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLaurelville$20,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed in Laurelville and other portions of southwestern Hocking County due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLogan Owens Fld Arpt$20,000About forty large trees were downed.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindLaurelville$20,000Several trees and power poles were downed. A tree fell on a house on Burns Road causing minor damage.
September 2010Tornado (EF1)Buena Vista$16,000The roof of a pole barn was lifted and carried away due to a tornado. Some roof remnants were found over a quarter of a mile away from the original structure. Two walls of the barn had also collapsed and a nearby dumpster was overturned. Additionally, significant tree damage occurred to large hardwood trees in the area. Minor roof damage occurred to a nearby home. Damage with this tornado was consistent with wind speeds around 90 miles per hour.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Bloomingville$10,000A tree was downed onto a home, causing damage.
September 2024Tornado (EF0)South Perry$10,000The tornado began to the east of Laurelville, near the intersection of State Routes 180 and 374. Just to the east of this intersection, several large tree limbs were knocked down and the roof of an outbuilding was lifted off. External metal walls were also removed from the outbuilding and debris from the outbuilding was thrown in multiple directions. Tree damage was also noted on Clapper Hollow Road. Additional tree damage was sporadic along State Route 180 with the last damage observed along State Route 180, just east of Big Cola Road. The damage to the outbuilding and trees occurred along a convergent path, where winds were estimated to be 70 mph.
June 2019Flash FloodSouth Bloomingville$10,000A portion of Narrows Road near the intersection with State Route 56 was washed out due to rushing water.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRockbridge$10,000A tree fell on on a house along State Route 180 due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHesboro$10,000A large tree fell and damaged a home due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRockbridge$10,000A roof was blown off of a barn and a large tree was uprooted due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindUnion Furnace$10,000A couple of homes sustained roof damage from straight-line winds.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLogan$10,000Several trees fell on a business, causing minor damage to the building.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Many trees were knocked down across the county.
April 2000Flash FloodLaurelville$10,000Heavy rain caused Salt Creek to overflow its banks just south of Laurelville. The creek flooded several miles of State Route 56.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindLaurelville$10,000Trees knocked down in several locations across the county.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Trees downed across the county.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Numerous trees knocked down across the county.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Trees were knocked down at numerous locations across the county.
January 1998Flash FloodCarbon Hill$10,000Several hours of heavy rainfall water to flood across county roads. Six roads were closed and several cars were trapped in over 3 feet of water.
July 1997Flash FloodCountywide$10,000Several hours of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall caused several roads to be flooded across the county.
April 2002HailHaydenville$10,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLogan Owens Fld Arpt$8,000Numerous trees were downed at a property on Walnut Dowler Road.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLogan$8,000The roof and trusses were torn off of a garage and barn. Trees were also downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$8,000Numerous trees and powerlines were knocked down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$7,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported knocked down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$7,000Multiple trees were reported knocked down across the county, but most reports were from the Logan area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Several trees were downed across southern Hocking County.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHesboro$5,000A few trees were downed along State Route 93.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLaurelville$5,000Numerous trees were knocked down throughout the county, including in Laurelville.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Numerous trees were knocked down throughout the county, including in Logan.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGibisonville$5,000Numerous trees were downed along Thompson Ridge Road near State Route 374.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindStarr$5,000Numerous trees were downed throughout Starr Township.
May 2018Flash FloodRockbridge$5,000U.S. 33 was closed near Rockbridge due to high water running across the roadway. Also, a mini mart was flooded.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$5,000Numerous trees were downed in Clear Creek Metro Park.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Multiple trees were down around Logan due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSouth Bloomingville$5,000Numerous trees were downed in Hocking Hills State Park due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLaurelville$5,000A tree fell onto a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRockbridge$5,000The county garage reported that trees and power lines were blown down across state routes 180, 674, 378, Starner Road, and in Good Hope Township.

Mines and quarries

13 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 13 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 8 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Clay4
Sand and Gravel, Construction4
Brick Clay3
Fire Clay (Refractory)1
Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Coal1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hocking PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Nutter Bros PitClay, CoalProducer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Glen Gery Brick PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Azbell Stone QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
General Clay PitClayProducer
General Hocking Clay and Shale PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Logan MineClayPast Producer
Muskingum River Grav. Plant 8 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Collected here, 1839 to 1975

8 of 4,580 shown

Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 4,580 of them, by kingdom 3,065 animalia, 779 plantae, 673 fungi, 40 protozoa, 12 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), FMNH, F, NY, Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), UMMZ among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
1839Coreopsis discoidea Torr. & A.GrayPlantaenot statedW. S. SullivantNY 167687
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimen1839Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.Plantaenot statedW. S. SullivantNY 02507426
A photograph of the species Saxifraga sullivantii, not of this specimen1839Saxifraga sullivantii Torr. & A.GrayPlantaenot statedW. S. SullivantNY 186225
A photograph of the species Trillium erectum, not of this specimen1839Trillium erectum var. declinatum A.GrayPlantaenot statedW. S. SullivantNY 319876
A photograph of the species Ricciocarpos natans, not of this specimen1840Ricciocarpos natans (L.) CordaPlantaenot statedW. S. SullivantNY 265535
A photograph of the species Rudbeckia sullivantii, not of this specimen1840Rudbeckia sullivantii C.L.Boynton & BeadlePlantaenot statedW. S. SullivantNY 232861
A photograph of the species Amblystegium serpens, not of this specimen1841Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv.Plantaenot statednot recordedNY 536115
A photograph of the species Hamatocaulis vernicosus, not of this specimen1841Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) HedenäsPlantaenot statedW. S. SullivantNY 587952

Every populated place in the county

59

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Logan, Ohio

14 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1949

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

1 structure

Nomination case files

6 case files

The vanished settlements of Hocking County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.