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

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.

Linscott within Morgan County

Then and now

1903 to 2002

The 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 sheet of Linscott (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Linscott (historical), surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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

10 since 2009

The 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National Forest329 BRAVO
6 April 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15648
4 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestLAKE ROAD
30 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National Forest329
9 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15527
9 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestHILL TOP LANE
8 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestFIERCE RIDGE
7 March 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestBLACK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 57 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Apocynum cannabinum L.Apocynum cannabinum L.1963William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrone; M. JohnsonWolf Creek Wildlife Area
Specimen of Campanulastrum americanum (L.) SmallCampanulastrum americanum (L.) Small1963William G. Gambill Jr.; M. JohnsonWolf Creek Wildlife Area.
Specimen of Cercis canadensis L.Cercis canadensis L.1963Michael E. Johnson; Wm. G. Gambill Jr.Wolf Creek Wildlife Area.
A photograph of the species Sporobolus vaginiflorus, not of this specimenSporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood1898Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark1899Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Scirpus polyphyllus, not of this specimenScirpus polyphyllus Vahl1899Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1911B.R. BalesRinggold
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)East Branch Sunday Creek, within Homer township, near Glouster, Homer township
A photograph of the species Fontinalis sphagnifolia, not of this specimenFontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad.1932E. L. BraunOn lower tributary of Bundle Run, above falls
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1960Dennis, D. M., Whitesell, J. & Tilley, S. G.Marion Twp., Morgan Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana catesbeiana, not of this specimenRana catesbeiana Shaw, 18021960not recordedSE Corning, N Burr Oak State Park
A photograph of the species Fundulus notatus, not of this specimenFundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1962Trautman, 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lewis (historical)1.7 miles19
Bishopville3.6 miles14
Wrightstown3.9 miles14
Mountville5.0 miles13
Joy5.5 miles14
Vicksville6.2 miles14
Elliott Crossroads7.2 miles13
Shilling (historical)7.6 miles13

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.