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Edgewater Beach, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Licking Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43076. It lies near Bope Island. The Survey maps it on the Thornville quadrangle.

Edgewater Beach within Licking County

Then and now

1909 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edgewater Beach, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Edgewater Beach, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

10,832 words on this township

History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881; History of Licking County, O. Its Past and Present, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Licking Township covers works of the mound builders, examination of a mound by professor marsh, indians, location and topography-organization, the pioneers, judge brumback on hog run.

Read the chapter on Licking Township - 10,832 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Edgewater Beach between 2007 and 2020, burning about 51 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 burning3

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 November 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15925
23 October 2015Debris and open burning50 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources3048

Every fire recorded in Licking County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,420 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,420 specimens collected within 10 miles of Edgewater Beach between 1843 and 1975: 1,268 Animalia, 114 Fungi, 38 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, Albertin, Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant 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 Cylindrosporium Grev., 1822Cylindrosporium Grev., 18221893unknownLicking Reservoir
Specimen of Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd.Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd.1922E. B.Newark
Specimen of Puccinia asteris DubyPuccinia asteris Duby1922E. Bartholomew
A photograph of the species Helodium paludosum, not of this specimenHelodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth.1843Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivantin Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio
A photograph of the species Hypnum paludosum, not of this specimenHypnum paludosum (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1843A. Gray; W. S. Sullivantin Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio
A photograph of the species Philomachus pugnax, not of this specimenPhilomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)1872Jasper, T. (Theodore)Buckeye Lake, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Limosa fedoa, not of this specimenLimosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758)1881not recordedBuckeye Lake, Licking, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Ranunculus longirostris, not of this specimenRanunculus longirostris Godr.1893E. M. WilcoxLicking Reservoir
A photograph of the species Chara contraria, not of this specimenChara contraria Kütz.1897E. B. WilliamsonNewark
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191897Williamson, E. B. & Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll)Buckeye Lake, Walnut township, ~1.1 mi W of Fairfield Beach, Walnut township
A photograph of the species Perlesta ephelida, not of this specimenPerlesta ephelida Grubbs & DeWalt, 20121899not recordedNewark
A photograph of the species Perlinella ephyre, not of this specimenPerlinella ephyre (Newman, 1839)1899not recordedNewark

All 1,420 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Edgewater Beach: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Walters PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Walters PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Licking 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
Harbor Hills1.5 miles14
Jacksontown2.4 miles14
Atherton2.8 miles14
Amsterdam2.8 miles14
Buckeye Lake3.3 miles14
Moscow (historical)3.9 miles14
Linnville4.2 miles12
Fleatown4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048692. 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.