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

Lost Run, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45764. It stands on Lost Run. The Survey maps it on the New Straitsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lost Run within Hocking County

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lost Run (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Lost Run (historical), surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

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.

Fires nearby

103 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Lost Run (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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
Recreation and ceremony44
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestTRAIL HEAD 5 FIRE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestPINE FIRE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestBOX FIRE
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestDUKES OF HAZZARD
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15833
19 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestARCHERS FORK FIRE
10 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestTWIN
27 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestORV FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 253 shown

Museums hold 253 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lost Run (historical) between 1894 and 1973: 229 Animalia, 15 Fungi, 6 Protozoa, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Brodo, Irwin M., Carter, B. (Bruce), Collector(s): John W. Meldrim 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 Stamnaria americana, not of this specimenStamnaria americana Massee & Morgan1894W. A. KellermanLogan
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631909not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631916not recorded
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon cinereus, not of this specimenPlethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)1929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Pond, SE of Logan, Green Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1930not recorded
Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 18391930Williamson, E. B.Logan, Hocking Co., OH
A photograph of the species Rana sylvatica, not of this specimenRana sylvatica LeConte, 18251948H WALTERS AND M FITZMAURICE4 MI E N E OF LOGAN
Ranidae1948M FITZMAURICE4 MI E N E OF LOGAN
Polygonum tenue Michx.1949Davis, H.A.; Davis, T.In cinders along RR at Nelsonville

All 253 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lost Run (historical): 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Clay PlantClayPast Producer
Nutter Brothers Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hocking 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
Greendale2.5 miles14
Blatchford2.6 miles15
Kachelmacher (historical)2.7 miles14
Sand Run2.7 miles15
Coalgate2.8 miles15
Oreville2.9 miles14
Sand Run Junction3.0 miles14
Monday Creek Junction3.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067400. 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.