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Camp Oyo, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Nile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45663. It stands on Harber Fork Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pond Run quadrangle.

Camp Oyo within Scioto County

Then and now

1915 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camp Oyo, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Camp Oyo, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1903 county history

7,646 words on this township

The 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 Nile Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Nile Township - 7,646 words.

Fires nearby

20 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Camp Oyo between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,895 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9147
7 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15618
24 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,865 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesSHAWNEE COMPLEX
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4868
15 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4867
14 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4866
12 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12988
12 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12987

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scioto County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,013 shown

Museums hold 1,013 specimens collected within 10 miles of Camp Oyo between 1884 and 1975: 875 Animalia, 92 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Braun, A.J. Sharp, Anson A. Hinkley 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 Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1884H. MoresScioto River
Specimen of Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 18291896not recordedScioto River
Specimen of Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897F.L. StevensAlum Rock
A photograph of the species Campeloma Rafinesque, not of this specimenCampeloma Rafinesque, 18191885Ch. R. OrcuttScioto River
A photograph of the species Myelochroa galbina, not of this specimenMyelochroa galbina (Ach.) Elix & Hale1893Jones, T.H.BOtway
A photograph of the species Ambystoma opacum, not of this specimenAmbystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807)1897Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Sympetrum Newman, not of this specimenSympetrum Newman, 18331897J. HinePortsmouth
A photograph of the species Sympetrum obtrusum, not of this specimenSympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1867)1897J. HinePortsmouth
Specimen of Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 18201909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Pond Run, Portsmouth
Specimen of Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Portsmouth
Specimen of Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 18201909not recordedPortsmouth, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias kleiniana, not of this specimenCyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852)1910Ortmann, Arnold EPortsmouth

All 1,013 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

7 since 2010

The National Weather Service names Camp Oyo in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
March 2011Thunderstorm WindCamp Oyo1 killed, $1,000A woman was killed by a falling tree while she was camping at the Shawnee State Forest.
February 2025Flash FloodCamp Oyo$5,000A slab bridge was partially washed away along Upper Twin Creek-Rocky Fork Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCamp Oyo$1,000A large tree was knocked down over a road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCamp Oyo$1,000One tree was downed over State Route 125, two miles off of U.S. 52.
February 2025FloodCamp Oyo-State Route 125 was closed due to high water.
May 2017HailCamp Oyo-no account filed
May 2010HailCamp Oyo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scioto 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
Friendship3.7 miles14
Dennis4.2 miles14
Pond Run4.5 miles13
Sugar Grove4.9 miles14
Kennvale5.4 miles13
Alexandria5.5 miles14
Shannoah Town (historical)5.6 miles14
Pink6.2 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.

Wikidata item Q122571031The 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 1048576. 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.

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.