89 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance
atlases across 1 place.
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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.
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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 Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of CongressShepherd of the Valley United Brethren in Christ church, Logan, Ohio. All services canceled until ? Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of CongressClosed GameStop, Logan, Ohio Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of CongressShawnee 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.
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.
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,. Library of Congress.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, via the Digital Public Library of America.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, 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.
1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1960-04-19, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1968-03-18, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1971-04-16, scale 1:98658. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1971-04-16, scale 1:99228. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1971-04-16, scale 1:99228. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1971-04-16, scale 1:99228. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1975-04-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1975-04-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.1975-04-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.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.
New Town, 192858,946 entries, machine-read (97% measured quality)
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.
ATHENS 5 NW1893 to 1980, hottest 39.4 C, coldest -29.4 C
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.
37-2Falls 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
37-23Star 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)
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.
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 burning
142
Recreation and ceremony
94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
52
Power generation/transmission/distribution
29
Equipment and vehicle use
23
Arson/incendiarism
14
Other causes
11
Smoking
7
Natural
3
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
Fireworks
1
The five largest, by the area the report
gives. One of them was set deliberately.
Date
Cause
Size
Reported by
Name on the report
7 April 2013
Power generation/transmission/distribution
54 acres
Wayne National Forest
BURTON
25 March 2003
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
35 acres
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
BERNE TWP.
12 April 2015
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
30 acres
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
822
10 April 2012
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
30 acres
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
not named
11 March 2012
Debris and open burning
25 acres
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
not named
18 March 2009
Debris and open burning
17 acres
Wayne National Forest
KLINGER FIRE
27 April 2009
Arson/incendiarism
15 acres
Wayne National Forest
TICK RIDGE FIRE
22 March 2013
Debris and open burning
14 acres
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
not 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 Wind
164
Flood
54
Flash Flood
40
Hail
39
Tornado
6
Lightning
1
Heavy Rain
1
The most serious of them, by death, then
injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the
forecast office filed them.
Hocking 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.
The 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.
A 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.
Nearly 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.
Some homes and businesses sustained roof and siding damage. Numerous trees were also snapped and uprooted and a tractor trailer was flipped on its side.
Flash 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.
The 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).
A 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.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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
Clay
4
Sand and Gravel, Construction
4
Brick Clay
3
Fire Clay (Refractory)
1
Stone, Crushed/Broken
1
Coal
1
The least common of them first, because a
county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
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.
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.
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.
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.