Claylick, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Hanover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43056. It stands on Claylick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hanover quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 57 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
12 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.
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
11 since 2014The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Claylick between 2014 and 2020, burning about 20 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 burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12545 |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 842 |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 February 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15073 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7054 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6866 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6865 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 671 shownMuseums hold 671 specimens collected within 10 miles of Claylick between 1893 and 1975: 618 Animalia, 43 Fungi, 10 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ANGEVINE & SEVER, Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Toboso |
![]() | Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1922 | E. B. | Newark |
![]() | Puccinia asteris Duby | 1922 | E. Bartholomew | |
![]() | Cladonia symphycarpa (Ehrh. ex Schrad.) Fr. | 1894 | Bogue, E.E. | Black Hand |
![]() | Lysimachia quadriflora Sims | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Smilax herbacea L. | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 | 1896 | E. B. Williamson | Licking Reservoir |
![]() | Chara contraria Kütz. | 1897 | E. B. Williamson | Newark |
![]() | Perlesta ephelida Grubbs & DeWalt, 2012 | 1899 | not recorded | Newark |
![]() | Perlinella ephyre (Newman, 1839) | 1899 | not recorded | Newark |
![]() | Efferia Coquillett, 1893 | 1901 | Collector(s): Raymond C. Osburn | Newark |
![]() | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1926 | not recorded | Cold Springs, within Licking Co (location in doubt), Licking County, township n/a |
All 671 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Claylick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1070715. 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.























