Linscott, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45732. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1903 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 99 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
19 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.
- 1903 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
10 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Linscott (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 9 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 329 BRAVO |
| 6 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15648 |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | LAKE ROAD |
| 30 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | 329 |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15527 |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | HILL TOP LANE |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | FIERCE RIDGE |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BLACK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 57 shownMuseums hold 57 specimens collected within 10 miles of Linscott (historical) between 1898 and 1972: 33 Animalia, 24 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.D. Huryn, B.R. Bales, Bolen, H. (Harold) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Apocynum cannabinum L. | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrone; M. Johnson | Wolf Creek Wildlife Area |
![]() | Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr.; M. Johnson | Wolf Creek Wildlife Area. |
![]() | Cercis canadensis L. | 1963 | Michael E. Johnson; Wm. G. Gambill Jr. | Wolf Creek Wildlife Area. |
![]() | Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Scirpus polyphyllus Vahl | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Palos |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1911 | B.R. Bales | Ringgold |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | East Branch Sunday Creek, within Homer township, near Glouster, Homer township |
![]() | Fontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad. | 1932 | E. L. Braun | On lower tributary of Bundle Run, above falls |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1960 | Dennis, D. M., Whitesell, J. & Tilley, S. G. | Marion Twp., Morgan Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802 | 1960 | not recorded | SE Corning, N Burr Oak State Park |
![]() | Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1962 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Burr Oak Lake, on lake, ~3.7 mi NE of Glouster, Homer township |
All 57 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis (historical) | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Bishopville | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wrightstown | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mountville | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Joy | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Vicksville | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elliott Crossroads | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Shilling (historical) | 7.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067293. 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.






























