Hallock, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43506. The Survey maps it on the Montpelier quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 76 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
13 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.
- 1914 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
In the 1905 county history
4,637 words on this townshipThe county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 4,637 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 140 shownMuseums hold 140 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hallock between 1890 and 1974: 137 Animalia, 2 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Bauer, L., C.H. Kennedy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gomphus exilis Selys, 1854 | 1946 | H. Price | Northwest Township, Nettle Creek |
![]() | Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1948 | Kansas University | St. Joseph River, Florence |
![]() | Plowrightia morbosa (Schwein.) Sacc. | 1890 | Woodard Edwin | Stryker |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Tiffin River, West Unity, Ohio |
![]() | Aspidium Sw. | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Florence |
![]() | Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 | 1926 | Collector(s): unknown | No specific locality recorded |
![]() | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | 1927 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Near Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1927 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Near Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio |
![]() | Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | 1927 | Price, H. (Homer) | Evansport, Williams, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | West Branch Saint Joseph River, Ex east Bridgewater township, ~2 mi SW of Pioneer, Bridgewater township |
![]() | Mustela nivalis allegheniensis (Rhoads, 1901) | 1929 | R. Bernath | Stryker |
![]() | Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | West Branch Saint Joseph River, Ex east Bridgewater township, ~2 mi SW of Pioneer, Bridgewater township |
All 140 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 Hallock: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Winzler Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J.E. Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2011The National Weather Service names Hallock in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hallock | $15,000 | Local media reported a semi truck was blown over near the intersection of Ohio 15 and County Road I. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hallock | $10,000 | A large tree branch went through the roof of a home in the 14000 block of CR F. Rain water intruded into the home. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hallock | - | Several power poles and lines were down in the area of CR 15 and CR G. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hallock | - | Emergency management officials reported power poles down along State Route 15. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrys First Addition | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Maplecrest | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pulaski | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Norlick Place | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bona Vista | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bona Vesta | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| West Jefferson | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bryan | 3.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056304. 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.
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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
























