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

Mudsock, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43026. The Survey maps it on the Hilliard quadrangle.

Mudsock within Franklin County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mudsock, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Mudsock, surveyed 1901

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 1858 county history

328 words on this township

The county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Brown Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Brown Township - 328 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,829 shown

Museums hold 3,829 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mudsock between 1814 and 1975: 3,614 Animalia, 97 Plantae, 97 Fungi, 19 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Staebler, A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, A. J. P. 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
A photograph of the species Hirundo Linnaeus, not of this specimenHirundo Linnaeus, 17581814not recordedColumbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Helodium paludosum, not of this specimenHelodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth.1840Collector unspecified"4 miles west of Columbus"
A photograph of the species Trillium nivale, not of this specimenTrillium nivale Riddell1840Short, C.W.Columbus
A photograph of the species Drummondia prorepens, not of this specimenDrummondia prorepens (Hedw.) E.Britton1842W.S. SullivantColumbus
Entodon brevisetus (Hook. & Wilson) Lindb.1842W.S. SullivantColumbus
A photograph of the species Fissidens exilis, not of this specimenFissidens exilis Hedw.1843Sullivant, W.S.; A. GrayPrope Columbus
A photograph of the species Fissidens minutulus, not of this specimenFissidens minutulus Sull.1843Sullivant, W.S.; A. GrayPrope Columbus
A photograph of the species Fontinalis sphagnifolia, not of this specimenFontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad.1843Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivantnear Columbus
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 19471897not recordedNo Further Locality Data
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1897United States Bureau of Fisheries, R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonOhio, Scioto River, Franklin County
A photograph of the species Ameiurus nebulosus, not of this specimenAmeiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonOlentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)1897not recordedNo Further Locality Data

All 3,829 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mudsock: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Columbus QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Columbus QuarryCalciumProducer
Darby Number 220 Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Olen PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Olen Corporation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Olen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms nearby

8 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Mudsock in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024Tornado (EF1)Mudsock$100,000A weak tornado developed on the west side of Alton and Darby Creek Road and moved along the north side of Roberts Road through portions of the city of Hilliard. Along the path, damage was a consistent mix of snapped trees, uprooted trees, numerous instances of minor roof and siding damage. One home on Hilliard Rome Road lost part of its roof, and another home near Westbreeze Drive had an attached garage peeled away and shifted. Damage in this area was consistent with wind speeds of around 110 mph.||The tornado weakened as it approached Interstate 270 and dissipated on the east side of the interstate. Additional damage was observed on both the west and east side of the interstate.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Mudsock$5,000A tornado touched down in a field just west of State Route 142 and south of Interstate 70 a few miles northeast of West Jefferson in eastern Madison County. Several trees were damaged and at least one was ripped out of the ground and tossed across State Route 142. The path length extended for about 200 yards. The tornado touched back down about 1.5 miles to the northeast in western Franklin County near a residence along Amity Road just north of Interstate 70. Additional tree damage occurred in this location. This tornado was rated EF-0 with maximum wind speeds of 75 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMudsock$3,000Multiple trees were reported down in a yard.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindMudsock$1,000A few trees were downed.
May 2020FloodMudsock-High water was reported on Hilliard Rome Road.
July 2017HailMudsock-There were several reports of 1.00 inch diameter hail on the south side of Hilliard.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMudsock-The wind gust was measured by a sensor at Darby Creek Elementary School.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMudsock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Anderson Meadows0.4 miles16
Brookbend0.8 miles16
Brittany Oaks0.8 miles16
Heritage Farms0.9 miles16
Copperwood0.9 miles16
Lakewood1.0 miles16
Western Lakes1.1 miles16
Westbrooke Park1.1 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122560342The 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 1043724. 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.

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.