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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Elk Lick, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Batavia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45103. It stands on Slabcamp Run. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Elk Lick within Clermont County

Then and now

1914 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Elk Lick (historical), surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Elk Lick (historical), surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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 1891 county history

33 words on this township

The county history of 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Batavia Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Batavia Township - 33 words.

Fires nearby

1 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Elk Lick (historical) between 2002 and 2002, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clermont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,012 shown

Museums hold 1,012 specimens collected within 10 miles of Elk Lick (historical) between 1866 and 1975: 774 Animalia, 184 Fungi, 42 Plantae, 11 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND R KNOTTS, A JOHN AND T RITTER 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 Apophthisis pullata Braun, 1915Apophthisis pullata Braun, 19151929A. Braun[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Galium concinnum, not of this specimenGalium concinnum Torr. & A.Gray1866Mohr, C.Bantam
A photograph of the species Asarum canadense, not of this specimenAsarum canadense L.1877Mohr, MarieClermont County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Leiothlypis peregrina, not of this specimenLeiothlypis peregrina (A.Wilson, 1811)1878Collector(s): Leonard R. FreemanLocust Corner
A photograph of the species Vireo griseus, not of this specimenVireo griseus noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)1879Freeman, L.Locust Corner, Clermont, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Geastrum lageniforme, not of this specimenGeastrum lageniforme Vittad.1882Carley S. T.
Chordata1886Smithsonian Institution
A photograph of the species Liobunum Agassiz, not of this specimenLiobunum Agassiz, 18461890[Not Stated][Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Mammuthus primigenius, not of this specimenMammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach, 1799) (fossil)1900not recorded
A photograph of the species Bufo fowleri, not of this specimenBufo fowleri Hinckley, 18821904Lindahl, J. (Joshua)Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1909Braun, E. Lucy9-mile road in Ninemile
A photograph of the species Bryum argenteum, not of this specimenBryum argenteum Hedw.1909Braun, E. Lucy9-mile road in Ninemile

All 1,012 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 Elk Lick (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clermont 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
Elk Lick0.1 miles19
Bantam2.1 miles12
Concord2.7 miles18
Afton2.8 miles18
Mount Holly2.9 miles19
Hulington3.1 miles12
South Bantam3.2 miles12
Fair Oak (historical)3.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054104. 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.