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

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.

Hallock within Williams County

Then and now

1914 to 1990

The 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 sheet of Hallock, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Hallock, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1905 county history

4,637 words on this township

The 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 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Gomphus exilis Selys, 1854Gomphus exilis Selys, 18541946H. PriceNorthwest Township, Nettle Creek
Specimen of Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1948Kansas UniversitySt. Joseph River, Florence
A photograph of the species Plowrightia morbosa, not of this specimenPlowrightia morbosa (Schwein.) Sacc.1890Woodard EdwinStryker
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1893P. KirschTiffin River, West Unity, Ohio
A photograph of the species Aspidium Sw., not of this specimenAspidium Sw.1895Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln MoseleyFlorence
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger Linnaeus, 17581926Collector(s): unknownNo specific locality recorded
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541927Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Near Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011927Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Near Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Sturnus vulgaris, not of this specimenSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 17581927Price, H. (Homer)Evansport, Williams, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Micropterus salmoides, not of this specimenMicropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)West Branch Saint Joseph River, Ex east Bridgewater township, ~2 mi SW of Pioneer, Bridgewater township
A photograph of the species Mustela nivalis, not of this specimenMustela nivalis allegheniensis (Rhoads, 1901)1929R. BernathStryker
A photograph of the species Notropis photogenis, not of this specimenNotropis photogenis (Cope, 1865)1929Trautman, 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 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dennis Winzler Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J.E. Brown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Williams County

Storms nearby

4 since 2011

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHallock$15,000Local media reported a semi truck was blown over near the intersection of Ohio 15 and County Road I. No injuries were reported.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHallock$10,000A large tree branch went through the roof of a home in the 14000 block of CR F. Rain water intruded into the home.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHallock-Several power poles and lines were down in the area of CR 15 and CR G.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHallock-Emergency management officials reported power poles down along State Route 15.

Every storm recorded in Williams 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
Jerrys First Addition2.1 miles13
Maplecrest2.3 miles13
Pulaski2.9 miles13
Norlick Place2.9 miles13
Bona Vista2.9 miles13
Bona Vesta3.1 miles13
West Jefferson3.1 miles13
Bryan3.6 miles13

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.