Louden, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bratton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45660. It stands on Weasel Run. The Survey maps it on the Sinking Spring quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
16 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.
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sinking Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Sinking Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Sinking Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
In the 1900 county history
1,590 words on this townshipThe county history of 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bratton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bratton Township - 1,590 words.
Fires nearby
23 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Louden between 2003 and 2018, burning about 155 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4387 |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 668 shownMuseums hold 668 specimens collected within 10 miles of Louden between 1903 and 1975: 326 Fungi, 224 Plantae, 109 Animalia, 9 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Braun, A. J. Sharp, Bartley, F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Anchylopera brauni Heinrich, 1931 | 1927 | [Not Stated] | Beaver Pond |
![]() | Corticium ermineum Burt | 1930 | Hoskins, John Hobart | Near Beaver Pond |
| Hebata erigeron (DeLong, 1931) | 1903 | not recorded | ||
![]() | Hebata vitis (Göthe, 1875) | 1903 | not recorded | |
![]() | Collema fragrans (Sm.) Ach. | 1913 | Bruce Fink | |
![]() | Mycobilimbia sabuletorum (Schreb.) Hafellner | 1913 | Bruce Fink | Serpent Mound |
![]() | Agave virginica L. | 1924 | Braun, E. Lucy | Turkey Creek |
![]() | Asclepias verticillata L. | 1924 | Braun, E. Lucy | Turkey Creek |
![]() | Baeomyces byssoides (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. | 1924 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
![]() | Cladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaer. | 1924 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
![]() | Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb. | 1924 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
![]() | Cladonia cristatella Tuck. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
All 668 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
4 since 1998The National Weather Service names Louden in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Louden | $5,000 | The tornado first touched down near Edwin Shoemaker Road and Tener Road in far northeastern Adams County. This damage was limited in scope and consisted of a few trees downed. Minor tree damage was also observed on another section of Tener Road near the Adams-Pike county line. From here, the tornado moved northeast across an inaccessible area.||The most significant damage from this tornado occurred along Humphrey Road and Hackleshin Road in an area known as Humphrey Hollow in Pike County. Tree damage in this area was extensive, especially on the steep hillsides surrounding the hollow. The tornado lifted near Sunfish Creek and State Route 124 east of Latham. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louden | $4,000 | Several trees were downed in the northern part of the county. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Louden | $1,000 | Several cars were stranded on State Route 73 due to high water. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Louden | - | Heavy rainfall from earlier in the day caused area creeks and streams to rise out of their banks. Some evacuations occurred due to the rising creeks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| May Hill | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Marble Furnace | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Jessup | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Locust Grove | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Smoky Corners | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Peebles | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lawshe | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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 Louden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133921 | The 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 1061444. 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.
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.


























