Clay, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45656. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
32 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Clay between 2006 and 2019, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8586 |
| 21 May 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15197 |
| 29 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4165 |
| 9 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | DICKENS ROAD 2 |
| 9 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | DICKENS ROAD 3 |
| 9 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | DICKENS ROAD 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 578 shownMuseums hold 578 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clay between 1899 and 1974: 244 Animalia, 190 Plantae, 139 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Bartley, F., Beach, S. (Sam) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda | 1925 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 1758 | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Rorippa Scop. | 1905 | F. Bartley | 3 mi south of Jackson |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1915 | Hedgcock G. G. | Jackson |
![]() | Eriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889) | 1923 | Miller, A. E. (August E.) | Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A. |
| unnamed | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch | |
![]() | Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
All 578 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Clay: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Clay | Aluminum, Titanium, Silica, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| A.P. Green Refractories Co. Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Davis Brick Plant #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Oak Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oak Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zoar Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zoar Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pyro | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| McKitterick (historical) | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Limestone (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rempel | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Camba | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Hill | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Horeb | 3.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075581. 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.




















