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

Mackachack, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43357. It stands on Macochee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingscreek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mackachack within Logan County

Then and now

1914 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mackachack (historical), surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Mackachack (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 791 shown

Museums hold 791 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mackachack (historical) between 1862 and 1975: 752 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 18 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. R. Gaufin, A. Spreitzer 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 Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.1911Errard P.Bellefontaine
Specimen of Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861)Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861)1930E. Williamson & et al.[Not Stated]
Specimen of Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1937Brooks; Barghoorn. Howard.Soringhills, Harison, OH. Ohio bog
A photograph of the species Carex buxbaumii, not of this specimenCarex buxbaumii Wahlenb.1862W. M. CanbyBelfontaine.
A photograph of the species Nasturtium officinale, not of this specimenNasturtium officinale R.Br.1862W. M. CanbyBellefontaine
A photograph of the species Protographium marcellus, not of this specimenProtographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777)1869not recordedBellefontaine
A photograph of the species Otus asio, not of this specimenOtus asio naevius (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1874Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten)Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Solenostoma crenuliforme, not of this specimenSolenostoma crenuliforme (Austin) Steph.1877not recorded
A photograph of the species Gallinago delicata, not of this specimenGallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)1889McCormick, L. M.Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)1889McCormick, L. M.Beaver Creek, Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dendroica virens, not of this specimenDendroica virens virens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1891McCormick, L. M.Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lampropeltis triangulum, not of this specimenLampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789)1893not recordedLogan Co., Ohio

All 791 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mackachack (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Johnson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Johnson's Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Macochee Castle0.8 miles13
West Liberty1.5 miles17
Royal Coach Estates4.9 miles13
Valley Hi4.9 miles13
Pickrelltown5.0 miles13
Southtowne Meadows5.7 miles17
Iron City6.7 miles17
Zanesfield6.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075166. 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.

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.