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Lucasville, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45648. It stands on Haystack Knob. The Survey maps it on the Lucasville quadrangle. 1,655 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

Lucasville within Scioto County

Population over time

2 figures

Lucasville fell from 2,757 to 1,655 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	2,757
2020	1,655	-1,102 (-40%)

Then and now

1911 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lucasville, surveyed 1981

Topographic sheet of Lucasville, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 county-history sources

4,993 words on this township

A History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Valley Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The boundaries were: Beginning at the Scioto river where the County line between Scioto and Pike Counties strikes the said river; thence east on said County line between said two Counties to the section line between sections 3 and 4 in Township 3 in said Scioto County; thence south on said line between sections 3 and 4 and between sections 15 and 16 to the southeast corner of section 16; thence west on the south line of said section 16, to the splitting corner on the south line of said section 16; thence south on the north and south splitting line of sections 21, 28 and 33, in said township 3 and of sections 4 and 9, in said township 2 to the south line of said section 9; thence west with the south line of said sections 9, 8 and 7 to the Scioto river; thence north running with the meanders of the Scioto river to the place of beginning.

Passage source: A History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903.

Hezekiah Merritt was the first settler in Valley Township. He raised a crop of corn in the summer of 1796. He was the first Justice of the Peace, in Valley, (then a part of Seal), Township in 1804. Jacob Groniger came in 1798. Some others who followed in the next five years were: James O. and Isaac N.

Passage source: A History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903.

In the first few years after its beginning, Lucasville promised to be a large town, thence the population dwindled until it was predicted that the place would be abandoned. This was at the time when the inhabitants were disappointed and disgusted at the canal being built on the west side of the river. Lucasville is now one of the best business locations in the County. Great quantities of lumber and cross ties are shipped from it, while the excellent farming country around furnishes a good healthy trade for the merchants. l.ucasville has an elevator owned by H. S. Grimes of Portsmouth, a steam flour mill and four general stores: Joseph Brant's, C. ,1. Moulton's, Martindale & Edmunds' and P. T. McClelland's. Mr. Brant has a stock of drugs besides his general stock and Mr. McClelland keeps the Post Office. There are two livery stables. W. J. Thomas keeps a hotel. It has two blacksmiths. and two wagon makers, and one undertaker. The physicians are J. B. and C. M. Warwick and M. J. Beard. Lucasville was platted in June, 1819, by Colonel John Lucas from whom it received its name. The plat was recorded August 7, 1819. There were several houses and some business was done here before the town was platted. Colonel John Lucas lived here until his death, of a surfeit of green corn, July 31, 1825. The original plat contained 74 lots and 32 out lots, in all 88 acres. The James D. Thomas Addition made in 1880, contains 10 lots or 2 87-100 acres. The Charles W. Thomas Addition made In 1898, contains 11 lots or 3 1-10 acres.

Passage source: A History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Valley Township - it names this place 12 more 12 times.

Fires near this place

31 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lucasville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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
5 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	57 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15224
6 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 April 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15574
29 April 2020	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15715

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scioto County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,281 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,281 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lucasville between 1885 and 1975: 1,219 Animalia, 42 Plantae, 16 Fungi, 2 Protozoa, 1 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Bovistella Morgan	1885	A.P. Morgan	Preston
Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan	1893	A.P. Morgan	Preston
Peronospora polygoni Halst.	1897	F.L. Stevens
Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc.	1887	A.P. Morgan	Preston
Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm.	1889	Craig M.	Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River
Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855	1894	Bean & B. Evermann	Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York
Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818	1894	B. W. Evermann	Cooperville; Scioto Cr
unnamed	1897	Morgan	Preston
Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)	1897	Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)	South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA
Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)	1897	Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)	South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA
Philohela minor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)	1898	Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)	Bloom Switch, Scioto, Ohio, USA
Melospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)	1899	Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)	Wheelersburg, Scioto, Ohio, USA

All 1,281 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lucasville: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Taylor Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Lucasville Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lucasville Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Taylor Stone Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Waller Bros Quarry	Flagstone	Producer

Every working recorded in Scioto County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucasville in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 19 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 flood. 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
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$15,000	Several large trees were downed in the Lucasville area. A few trees caused damage when they fell onto houses.
July 2009	Flash Flood	Lucasville	$15,000	Streets and residences were flooded due to heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Lucasville	$8,000	Four homes were evacuated along Duck Run, and Owensville and Duck Run Roads were flooded.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$5,000	Significant tree damage occurred around the city due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$5,000	Trees were knocked down in isolated locations across the eastern part of the county. Rosemont Road was closed due to fallen trees.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$5,000	Trees and power lines downed.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$5,000	Trees downed.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$5,000	no account filed
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$3,000	A few trees were downed along Thomas Hollow Road.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$3,000	A few trees were downed in Lucasville.
February 2021	Flood	Lucasville	$3,000	The northbound lanes of U.S. Route 23 were closed due to high water. One car was partially submerged.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$3,000	A few trees were downed.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$3,000	Several trees were downed.
January 1998	Flash Flood	Lucasville	$3,000	Heavy rainfall caused water to flood across Rte 23.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$2,000	Two trees were knocked down on Robert Lucas Road in Lucasville.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$2,000	Trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$2,000	Two trees were kocked down. Nickel size hail also occurred.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$2,000	Two trees were knocked down.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$1,000	A large tree was knocked down across Robert Lucas Road.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$1,000	Two trees were downed in the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$1,000	Two large tree limbs were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Lucasville	$1,000	Several roads were flooded by high water caused by heavy rainfall.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$1,000	A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Lucasville	$250	A few large branches were downed.
December 2019	Flood	Lucasville	-	Walters Road was closed due to flooding.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Lucasville	-	A few streets in town were flooded.
March 2011	Hail	Lucasville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Lucasville	-	no account filed
November 2002	Hail	Lucasville	-	no account filed
June 1995	Hail	Lucasville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scioto 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tomlison Addition	1.3 miles	12
Preston Addition	2.0 miles	12
Owensville	3.0 miles	13
Rushtown	3.4 miles	13
Clifford	3.5 miles	12
McDermott	4.7 miles	13
Clarktown	5.0 miles	12
Bear Creek	5.1 miles	12

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 Lucasville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2207260	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 1061449. 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.