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Loudon, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44622. It stands on Broad Run. The Survey maps it on the Strasburg quadrangle.

Loudon within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Loudon, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Loudon, surveyed 1914

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.

Fires nearby

23 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Loudon between 2004 and 2019, burning about 39 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5345
27 July 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5265
12 June 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5025
5 May 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15173
20 April 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Debris and open burning2.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 594 shown

Museums hold 594 specimens collected within 10 miles of Loudon between 1851 and 1973: 431 Animalia, 146 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Cusick, A. Cibula, A. Cobula 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 Juncus tenuis Willd.Juncus tenuis Willd.1902Schaffner, J.H.Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio
Specimen of Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr.Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr.1902Schaffner, J.H.Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1936Heintzelmann, C.E.Camp Tuscazoar, Zoarville.
A photograph of the species Amelanchier arborea, not of this specimenAmelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Anemone canadensis, not of this specimenAnemone canadensis L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Cardamine douglassii, not of this specimenCardamine douglassii Britton1851Wolle, J.Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Conopholis americana, not of this specimenConopholis americana (L.) Wallr.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover?]
A photograph of the species Delphinium tricorne, not of this specimenDelphinium tricorne Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1851Wolle, J.Canal Dover
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum virginianum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum virginianum L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Silene virginica, not of this specimenSilene virginica L.1851Wolle, J.Canal Downs [Canal Dover]

All 594 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Loudon: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Dover QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kimble Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
77 Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corundite PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Edgar Spring PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Strasburg Brick MillFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Mcfarland PitClay, CoalProducer
Columbia Fire Brick Company PitClayPast Producer

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
Columbia0.5 miles16
Parral0.6 miles16
Beartown0.8 miles16
Candlelight Villas1.5 miles16
Strasburg2.2 miles16
Heritage Village2.2 miles16
Winfield3.4 miles16
Dover3.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061445. 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.