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Lock Seventeen, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44629. It lies in Frys Valley. The Survey maps it on the Gnadenhutten quadrangle.

Lock Seventeen within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lock Seventeen, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Lock Seventeen, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

In the 1884 county history

5,598 words on this township

The county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Clay Township covers its historic i nt k rest, site of the first white settlement, the moravian pioneers, the primal church, bekrsiieba church, other religious societies.

Read the chapter on Clay Township - 5,598 words.

Fires nearby

20 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lock Seventeen between 2005 and 2020, burning about 39 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 burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5305
9 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15776
11 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13588
11 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13665
17 April 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2016Smoking3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4806
12 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15642
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10306

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 509 shown

Museums hold 509 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lock Seventeen between 1851 and 1973: 407 Animalia, 69 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Perry, Allen, John, Bethel E. 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 Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 18951894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896Pisidium fallax Sterki, 18961894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 18581895G. Marstonfrom spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki)
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Tuscarawa City
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Lasmigona complanata, not of this specimenLasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Pyganodon grandis, not of this specimenPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Theliderma cylindrica, not of this specimenTheliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias pustulosa, not of this specimenCyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1884Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia

All 509 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 13 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lock Seventeen: 7 producers, 6 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Coal. 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
Arrow Head PitClay, CoalProducer
Urichsville PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Stewart and Reichman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stocker Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stocker Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast Producer
Evans Farm PitClayProducer
Fox Valley Mining Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Fox Valley Mining Co. PitClayPast Producer
L and M Mineral Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Yankeetown (historical)0.7 miles15
Gnadenhutten1.1 miles15
Riverside Park3.2 miles15
Tuscarawas3.7 miles15
Elm (historical)3.9 miles15
Port Washington4.0 miles14
Wainwright4.5 miles15
Gilmore4.6 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on Lock SeventeenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133914The 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 1082187. 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.