McCormick, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45631. It stands on Laurel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rodney quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1906 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Rodney quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
50 since 2006The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of McCormick (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. None 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15786 |
| 23 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15764 |
| 8 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4487 |
| 8 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15690 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 181 shownMuseums hold 181 specimens collected within 10 miles of McCormick (historical) between 1900 and 1974: 130 Animalia, 29 Fungi, 19 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Babcocks D. O., 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chaetona flavipennis Coquillett, 1902 | 1900 | [Not Stated] | Vinton |
![]() | Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838 | 1900 | not recorded | |
![]() | Gymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) F.Kern | 1901 | Kellerman, W.A. | Vinton |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Arthromacra aenea | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 1924 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
| Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 1861 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Liancalus genualis Loew, 1861 | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
All 181 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McCormick (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holley Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cora | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Siloam (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hideaway Acres | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Adamsville | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rodney | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gage | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Tynrhos (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rio Grande | 3.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067561. 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.


















