Hitchcock, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45656. It stands on Black Fork. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Hitchcock
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Oak Hill Welsh Congregational Churchlisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed 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.
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Hitchcock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 were 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BLACKFORK |
| 13 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | STATE RT 140 #1 FIRE |
| 24 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | COUCH FIRE |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8586 |
| 20 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BRIDGE FIRE |
| 7 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 391 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 391 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hitchcock between 1899 and 1974: 173 Plantae, 109 Animalia, 104 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Bartley, F., Beach, S. (Sam) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda | 1925 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 1758 | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Rorippa Scop. | 1905 | F. Bartley | 3 mi south of Jackson |
| unnamed | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch | |
![]() | Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
![]() | Cephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
| Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch | |
![]() | Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw. | 1924 | M. A. Taylor | White's Gulch |
All 391 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hitchcock: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green Refractories Co. Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Brick Plant #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Oak Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oak Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zoar Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zoar Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Firebrick Plant Number 3 | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Firebrick Plant Number 3 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hitchcock in 11 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitchcock | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down around Oak Hill. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Hitchcock | $10,000 | Hail as large as golf balls fell. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitchcock | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitchcock | $1,000 | Numerous trees fell down in Oak Hill. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitchcock | $500 | A tree was blown down along Jefferson Street in Oak Hill. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitchcock | $500 | A tree was blown down between State Route 93 and Gallia Road. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitchcock | $500 | Two trees were blown down in Oak Hill. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Hitchcock | - | State Route 93 was closed between Madison and Morgan Streets due to flooding. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Hitchcock | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Hitchcock | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Hitchcock | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Kitchen | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Blackfork Junction | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Horeb | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| McKitterick (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Monroe | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Clay | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pyro | 3.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065693. 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.
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.














