Bondclay, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45694. It lies in Wolcott Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pedro quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1898 against another survey:
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.
- 1898 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
In the 1903 county history
1,954 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Vernon Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Vernon Township - 1,954 words.
Fires nearby
178 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Bondclay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,248 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | GREEN GRASS |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8765 |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | POPLAR FLATS |
| 10 September 1998 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PINE CR. 650/522 |
| 1 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SUPERIOR FIRE |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | INDEPENDENCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 108 shownMuseums hold 108 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bondclay between 1896 and 1974: 99 Animalia, 5 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Aschinger, H. (Henry), C. Stein, Cavender, T. M. (Ted M.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Planesticus Bonaparte, 1854 | 1898 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Cyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Alternaria Nees | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Wheelersburg |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Riker A. J. | Wheelersburg |
![]() | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | 1919 | Riker A. J. | Wheelersburg |
All 108 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bondclay: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonclay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bondclay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Maquette Cement Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Superior Plant & Quarry Cement | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2019The National Weather Service names Bondclay in 1 storm report between 2019 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bondclay | $2,000 | Two trees were knocked down on Clinton Furnace Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyra | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Andre | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Madland (historical) | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Powellsville | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ashley Corner | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Gephart | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Scioto Furnace | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Crestview Park | 6.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558162 | The 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 1075424. 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.
























