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Lickskillet, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. It stands on Goshen Run. The Survey maps it on the Londonderry quadrangle.

Lickskillet within Ross County

Then and now

1906 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lickskillet, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Lickskillet, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires nearby

36 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Lickskillet between 2005 and 2019, burning about 212 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesLONDONDERRY
9 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1324
7 May 2015Debris and open burning13 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1323

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ross County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 980 shown

Museums hold 980 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lickskillet between 1923 and 1975: 883 Animalia, 49 Fungi, 43 Plantae, 5 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Lincoln, A. Cronquist, A. Spreitzer 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
A photograph of the species Aceria ulmicola, not of this specimenAceria ulmicola Nalepa, 19091923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Richmond Dale, Ross Co., OH, U.S.A.
A photograph of the species Acroneuria abnormis, not of this specimenAcroneuria abnormis (Newman, 1838)1925Clarence H. Kennedy
A photograph of the species Acroneuria frisoni, not of this specimenAcroneuria frisoni Stark & Brown, 19911925Clarence H. Kennedy
A photograph of the species Acroneuria internata, not of this specimenAcroneuria internata (Walker, 1852)1925Clarence H. Kennedy
A photograph of the species Acroneuria perplexa, not of this specimenAcroneuria perplexa Frison, 19371925Clarence H. Kennedy
Agnetina capitata (Pictet, 1841)1925Clarence H. Kennedy
Neoperla stewarti Stark & Baumann, 19781925Clarence H. Kennedy
A photograph of the species Perlesta Banks, not of this specimenPerlesta Banks, 19061925Clarence H. Kennedy
Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862)1925Clarence H. Kennedy
A photograph of the species Perlesta lagoi, not of this specimenPerlesta lagoi Stark, 19891925Clarence H. Kennedy
A photograph of the species Sceloporus undulatus, not of this specimenSceloporus undulatus (Bosc & Daudin, 1801)1926ROBT ENDERS3 MI N ALMA
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Salt Creek, near US 50, east of Londonderry OH, Liberty Township

All 980 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lickskillet: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Southern Silica Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Miami Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miami Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parry CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Parry Silica Sand and Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ross 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
Vigo0.9 miles11
Londonderry1.5 miles12
Canada (historical)2.0 miles11
Rittenours2.9 miles11
West Junction3.1 miles11
Rupels3.2 miles12
Richmond Dale3.3 miles11
Schooley3.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062852. 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.