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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.

Louden within Adams County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Louden, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Louden, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 1900 county history

1,590 words on this township

The 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 2003

The 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2007Natural3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4387
6 April 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 668 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Anchylopera brauni Heinrich, 1931Anchylopera brauni Heinrich, 19311927[Not Stated]Beaver Pond
Specimen of Corticium ermineum BurtCorticium ermineum Burt1930Hoskins, John HobartNear Beaver Pond
Hebata erigeron (DeLong, 1931)1903not recorded
A photograph of the species Hebata vitis, not of this specimenHebata vitis (Göthe, 1875)1903not recorded
A photograph of the species Collema fragrans, not of this specimenCollema fragrans (Sm.) Ach.1913Bruce Fink
A photograph of the species Mycobilimbia sabuletorum, not of this specimenMycobilimbia sabuletorum (Schreb.) Hafellner1913Bruce FinkSerpent Mound
A photograph of the species Agave virginica, not of this specimenAgave virginica L.1924Braun, E. LucyTurkey Creek
A photograph of the species Asclepias verticillata, not of this specimenAsclepias verticillata L.1924Braun, E. LucyTurkey Creek
A photograph of the species Baeomyces byssoides, not of this specimenBaeomyces byssoides (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1924Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
A photograph of the species Cladonia amaurocraea, not of this specimenCladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaer.1924Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
A photograph of the species Cladonia caespiticia, not of this specimenCladonia caespiticia (Pers.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey & Scherb.1924Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
A photograph of the species Cladonia cristatella, not of this specimenCladonia cristatella Tuck.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge

All 668 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

4 since 1998

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Louden$5,000The 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 2020Thunderstorm WindLouden$4,000Several trees were downed in the northern part of the county.
July 2017FloodLouden$1,000Several cars were stranded on State Route 73 due to high water.
June 1998Flash FloodLouden-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.

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Louisville2.4 miles13
May Hill3.1 miles14
Marble Furnace3.8 miles13
Jessup4.3 miles14
Locust Grove4.8 miles13
Smoky Corners5.1 miles17
Peebles5.9 miles13
Lawshe6.0 miles13

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 LoudenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133921The 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.