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Cockrell Run, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45648. The Survey maps it on the Lucasville quadrangle.

Cockrell Run within Scioto County

Then and now

1911 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cockrell Run, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Cockrell Run, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

4,993 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 Valley Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Valley Township - 4,993 words.

Fires nearby

32 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Cockrell Run between 2004 and 2020, burning about 223 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15743
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1261
8 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scioto County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,245 shown

Museums hold 1,245 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cockrell Run between 1885 and 1975: 1,123 Animalia, 100 Fungi, 21 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 Bovistella MorganBovistella Morgan1885A.P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Cylindrocladium scoparium MorganCylindrocladium scoparium Morgan1893A.P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)1909not recordedScioto River, Pakistan
A photograph of the species Harpographium fasciculatum, not of this specimenHarpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc.1887A.P. MorganPreston
A photograph of the species Puccinia recondita, not of this specimenPuccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm.1889Craig M.Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River
A photograph of the species Hybognathus nuchalis, not of this specimenHybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 18551894Bean & B. EvermannScioto Creek, Coopersville, New York
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181894B. W. EvermannCooperville; Scioto Cr
unnamed1897MorganPreston
A photograph of the species Sialia sialis, not of this specimenSialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1897Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1897Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA
Philohela minor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Bloom Switch, Scioto, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Wheelersburg, Scioto, Ohio, USA

All 1,245 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cockrell Run: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cutlip Plant Dredge & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Clifford2.8 miles12
Preston Addition4.6 miles12
Tomlison Addition4.7 miles12
Bear Creek4.8 miles12
Lucasville5.2 miles12
Perry Addition6.4 miles11
Sedan7.4 miles12
Owensville7.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1039214. 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.