Claypools, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Licking Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43830. The Survey maps it on the Toboso quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1910 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 56 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
11 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.
- 1910 USGS Frazeysburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Frazeysburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toboso quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Toboso quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Toboso quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Toboso quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
25 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Claypools (historical) between 2011 and 2020, burning about 76 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9045 |
| 16 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1842 |
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15769 |
| 5 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1841 |
| 17 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15210 |
| 15 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 132 shownMuseums hold 132 specimens collected within 10 miles of Claypools (historical) between 1893 and 1974: 107 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andreas, Barbara; Cusick, Allison, Bogue, E.E., Buker, W. 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 |
![]() | Mesolobus Dunbar & Condra, 1932 (fossil) | 1916 | Wilber Stout | Vanport. Hopewell Township |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Davainea Blanchard, 1891 | 1912 | E. Gay | Janesville |
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1926 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | Flint Ridge, Licking Co., Ohio |
![]() | Coluber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | 1929 | Goslin, R. (Robert) | Flint Ridge, Licking Co., Ohio |
![]() | Natrix sipedon sipedon | 1929 | Goslin, R. M. (Robert M.) | Flint Ridge, Licking Co., Ohio |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | woods, S. of Licking River., Falls Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | woods, S. of Licking River., Falls Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | woods, S. of Licking River., Falls Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
All 132 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Claypools (historical): 2 past producers. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Hill | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Nashport | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Irville | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Black Run | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Woodcrest | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stonehenge | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dillon View | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054507. 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.






















