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Blacklick, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43004. The Survey maps it on the Reynoldsburg quadrangle.

Blacklick within Franklin County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blacklick, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Blacklick, surveyed 1925

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

In the 1858 county history

402 words on this township

The county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 402 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,456 shown

Museums hold 3,456 specimens collected within 10 miles of Blacklick between 1840 and 1975: 3,148 Animalia, 175 Plantae, 78 Fungi, 32 Chromista, 23 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, A. J. Basinger, A. P. Morgan 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
Specimen of Sorghum bicolor (L.) MoenchSorghum bicolor (L.) Moench1900Jennings, O.E.Columbus, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Ceratodon purpureus, not of this specimenCeratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.1840W. S. SullivantColumbus
A photograph of the species Chaerophyllum procumbens, not of this specimenChaerophyllum procumbens (L.) Crantz1840H WardColumbus
A photograph of the species Hypericum gentianoides, not of this specimenHypericum gentianoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1840William Starling SullivantColumbus
A photograph of the species Podophyllum peltatum, not of this specimenPodophyllum peltatum L.1840Sullivant, W.S.
Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb.1842W. S. SullivantColumbus
A photograph of the species Anoectangium ciliatum, not of this specimenAnoectangium ciliatum (Hedw.) Schwägr.1842Sullivant, W.S.Columbus
Anomodon rostratus (Hedw.) Schimp.1842W. S. SullivantColumbus
Archidium ohioense Schimp. ex Müll.Hal.1842W. S. SullivantColumbus
Astomum muhlenbergianum (Sw.) Grout1842W. S. SullivantColumbus
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonMasons Run, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ameiurus natalis, not of this specimenAmeiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonAlum Creek, Franklin County, Ohio

All 3,456 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Blacklick: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Blacklick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Blacklick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Claycraft No 4 & 5 PitsClayProducer
Claycraft PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms nearby

8 since 2012

The National Weather Service names Blacklick in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024Tornado (EF2)Blacklick$300,000The tornado began in the Havens Corners area near Blacklick Elementary School and quickly strengthened as it moved through the Havenswood neighborhood, where it produced tree and minor structural damage indicative of winds between 85 mph and 100 mph. The tornado continued to rapidly strengthen as it approached McOwen Road, where considerable tree damage was observed and numerous stands of soft and hard wood trees were uprooted or completely snapped off. A shipping container was also tossed and a home suffered extensive roof loss along with the loss of one exterior wall. In this area, winds were estimated to be around 120 mph. The tornado began weakening slightly as it crossed into Licking County at 0553EST, near the intersection of Dixon and McOwen Roads. The tornado continued east-northeast across western Licking County and ended at 0603EST, about 2 miles west southwest of Granville.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBlacklick$4,000Three trees and many branches were reported knocked down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBlacklick$3,000Several large trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBlacklick$2,000Several large but shallow rooted trees were downed at Havens Corners Road and Surrey Drive.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBlacklick$1,000A tree was downed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBlacklick$100A large branch was downed.
July 2017Flash FloodBlacklick-Rapidly rising water was reported on Powers Ridge Road, making it nearly impassable.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBlacklick-A large healthy limb was downed near Call Road.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Stonehill0.4 miles16
Blacklick Ridge0.5 miles16
Villas At Hawks Crest0.8 miles12
Crawford Farms0.8 miles16
Pinecrest0.8 miles12
Waggoner Woods0.9 miles16
Dorchester Green0.9 miles16
Jefferson Meadows1.0 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BlacklickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4923095The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064445. 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.

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.