Herlan, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Seneca Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43754. It stands on Ranker Knob. The Survey maps it on the Summerfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
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.
- 1909 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
19 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Herlan between 2012 and 2020, burning about 36 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 burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1881 |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15330 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15254 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15331 |
| 16 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8245 |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 42 shownMuseums hold 42 specimens collected within 10 miles of Herlan between 1860 and 1970: 40 Animalia, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by DAVID M SEVER, DAVID M. SEVER, David M. Dennis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Marmota monax monax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1929 | Herbert R. Mooney | Woodsfield |
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1860 | unknown | state route 77, 2 m ENE of Summerfield along Sunfish Creek |
![]() | Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1860 | David M. Dennis | 3 mi. N Graysville |
![]() | Colletotrichum cereale Manns | 1922 | Thompson W. H. | Woodsfield |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River tributary, within central Wayne township, near Graysville, Wayne township |
![]() | Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River tributary, within central Wayne township, near Graysville, Wayne township |
![]() | Boleosoma nigrum nigrum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 1854 | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
![]() | Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | South Fork, Sec 7 of Summit township, ~3.2 mi NW of Lewisville, Summit township |
All 42 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Herlan: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christman Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Christman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rubels Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rubels Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zergers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zergers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doherty | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brister | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Burkhart | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Swazey | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Calais | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hamilton | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jacobsburg | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Jerles (historical) | 4.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122590465 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076038. 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.
























