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Logan, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43138. It stands on Clear Fork. The Survey maps it on the Logan quadrangle. 7,296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

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Logan within Hocking County

Population over time

2 figures

Logan grew from 7,152 to 7,296 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20107,152
20207,296+144 (+2%)

Then and now

1907 to 1992

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 Logan, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Logan, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Freedom Memorial Church of Christ in Christian Union, Logan, Ohio
Freedom Memorial Church of Christ in Christian Union, Logan, Ohio
Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of Congress
Shepherd of the Valley United Brethren in Christ church, Logan, Ohio.   All services canceled until ?
Shepherd of the Valley United Brethren in Christ church, Logan, Ohio. All services canceled until ?
Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of Congress
Closed GameStop, Logan, Ohio
Closed GameStop, Logan, Ohio
Keck, Dan, photographer, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires nearby

41 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Logan between 2006 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 May 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresWayne National ForestINBODEN
1 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2243
6 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National Forest328
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBUG
24 April 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15165

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,550 shown

Museums hold 2,550 specimens collected within 10 miles of Logan between 1839 and 1975: 1,839 Animalia, 446 Plantae, 226 Fungi, 35 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Bragg, A. Schrader, Aaron J. Sharp 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.

All 2,550 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Logan: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Hocking PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
General Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking PlantBrick ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Azbell Stone QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
General Clay PitClayProducer
General Hocking Clay and Shale PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Logan MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hocking County

Storms nearby

60 of 71 shown

The National Weather Service names Logan in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 47 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 10 flood, 3 flash flood. The reports record 10 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006LightningLogan10 hurtTen people were injured, one seriously, from a lightning bolt that struck the outdoor pavillion they were standing under. All ten people survived.
May 2004Flash FloodLogan$40,000Fourteen homes sustained damage from high water in the Carbon Hill area. Several roads were flooded across the county.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$20,000Numerous trees were downed throughout the county.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLogan$10,000Several trees fell on a business, causing minor damage to the building.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLogan$8,000The roof and trusses were torn off of a garage and barn. Trees were also downed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$7,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported knocked down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$7,000Multiple trees were reported knocked down across the county, but most reports were from the Logan area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Several trees were downed across southern Hocking County.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Numerous trees were knocked down throughout the county, including in Logan.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Multiple trees were down around Logan due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000A thunderstorm produced strong winds which knocked down a few trees.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Trees down in several locations across the county.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Numerous trees knocked down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Several trees downed.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Trees were downed south of Logan on State Route 93.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Trees were downed, especially on the north and east side of town.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindLogan$4,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Several trees were downed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Several trees were downed in the Logan area.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Several trees were downed county wide due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Many trees were reported uprooted due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000A few trees were knocked down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Several trees were downed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000A few trees were knocked down across the northern part of the county.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Trees and power lines were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Four trees were knocked down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000A thunderstorm produced strong winds which knocked down trees in the county.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Thunderstorms produced strong winds which knocked down large limbs and a tree.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Trees were knocked down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Several trees and large limbs were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Trees and power lines downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Trees downed.
April 2002HailLogan$3,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Several trees were downed.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000A large tree snapped midway up due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Numerous large tree branched were also downed.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Numerous trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Numerous trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Two trees were downed.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Two trees were knocked down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Large limbs were knocked down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000no account filed
April 2007HailLogan$2,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A tree was downed along Stagecoach Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A tree was downed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A tree was downed onto Blosser Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A couple of trees were knocked down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000Two trees were downed.
August 2007HailLogan$1,000no account filed
March 2026FloodLogan-High water was reported over State Route 664 and Sauer Kraut Road.
February 2022FloodLogan-High water was reported along State Route 664.
May 2022FloodLogan-Standing water was reported at the intersection of State Route 664 and Sauer Kraut Road.
August 2022FloodLogan-High water was reported in several locations across Hocking County, including along State Route 93 near Ewing.
February 2019FloodLogan-Several roads remained closed due to flooding.
April 2018FloodLogan-High water resulted in a closure of a portion of State Route 93 north of Logan.
April 2018FloodLogan-High water was reported on some area roadways.
May 2018FloodLogan-High water was reported on some roads in Logan.
June 2016FloodLogan-A half foot of water was reported on the road.

Every storm recorded in Hocking County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

3 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

NewspaperPublished
The Hocking Sentinel1871 to 1906
The Democrat-Sentinel1906 to 1935
The Ohio Democrat1886 to 1906

What the paper printed

11,035 words

Front pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 6 issues spread across its run from 1884 to 1906, 11,035 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.

These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.

IssuePaper Length
1884-01-03The Hocking Sentinel1,561 words
1884-03-20The Hocking Sentinel5,400 words
1884-06-05The Hocking Sentinel888 words
1884-08-21The Hocking Sentinel2,055 words
1884-11-06The Hocking Sentinel419 words
1906-05-03The Democrat-Sentinel712 words

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
South Logan0.8 miles14
West Logan1.1 miles14
Webb Summit4.0 miles14
Enterprise4.2 miles14
Maysville4.6 miles14
Ewing4.9 miles15
Winona (historical)5.1 miles14
Haydenville5.8 miles16

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 LoganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1004066The 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 1042716. 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.