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Clark, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44654. The Survey maps it on the Killbuck quadrangle.

Clark within Coshocton County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clark, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Clark, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed 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 county-history sources

6,435 words on this township

Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876; Historical of Coshocton County Ohio, published 1876 names this settlement in its chapter on Clark Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The earliest settlers in Clark township are understood to have been the following : Parker Buckalew, from Virginia, came in about 1817, settling in Killbuck valley ; Isaac Hoagland, from Virginia, was here at a very early day ; Abraham Miller, also a Virginian, came in about 1819 ; Andrew Weatherwal^ a I^ew Yorker, arrived about same date ; Piatt Williamson, from Virginia.

Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.

Joel Glover, from Jefferson county, long holding the important office of justice of the peace, and who (as well as his children) has " stood high " among his fellow-citizens, dates his location among the hills of Killbuek, 1829.

Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.

The earliest settlers in Clark township are understood to have been the following: Parker Buckalew, from Virginia, came in about 1817, settling in Killbuck valley ; Isaac Hoagland, from Virginia, was here at a very early day; Abraham Miller, also a Virginian, came in about 1819; Andrew Weatherwat, a New Yorker, arrived about same date; Piatt Williamson, from Virginia.

Passage source: Historical of Coshocton County Ohio, published 1876.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Clark Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.

Fires near this place

20 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Clark between 2004 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11025
17 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources3607
4 March 2018Debris and open burning5.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13986

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,000 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,000 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clark between 1898 and 1969: 567 Plantae, 364 Animalia, 64 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Alleshonse? O. C., Alleshouse O. C., Doan, K. (Ken) 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 Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.GrayDryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray1898Wetzstein, A.Rich woods, New Bremen.
Specimen of Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.1942ModenkeWhite Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1942H. MoldenkeCoshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
A photograph of the species Laestadia bidwellii, not of this specimenLaestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1906Alleshouse O. C.New Bedford
A photograph of the species Venturia inaequalis, not of this specimenVenturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter1906Alleshonse? O. C.New Bedford
A photograph of the species Angelica venenosa, not of this specimenAngelica venenosa (Greenway) Fernald1913Hopkins, L.S.Keene
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929MB Trautman & asstKillbuck Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Bethlehem Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 18191929MB Trautman & asstKillbuck Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Bethlehem Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929MB Trautman & asstKillbuck Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Bethlehem Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma variatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma variatum Kirtland, 18401929MB Trautman & asstKillbuck Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Bethlehem Twp
A photograph of the species Etheostoma zonale, not of this specimenEtheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)1929MB Trautman & asstKillbuck Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Bethlehem Twp
A photograph of the species Luxilus cornutus, not of this specimenLuxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)1929MB Trautman & asstKillbuck Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Bethlehem Twp

All 1,000 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Layland3.5 miles17
Helmick4.4 miles17
Blissfield4.8 miles17
Metham7.1 miles16
New Bedford7.3 miles14
Keene7.4 miles16
Spring Mountain8.3 miles10
White Womans Town (historical)8.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1079574. 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.

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