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Muskingum, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Ludlow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45767. It stands on Sacket Run. The Survey maps it on the Rinard Mills 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
1905 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1905 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rinard Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Rinard Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Rinard Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Rinard Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Rinard Mills quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,169 words on this townshipHistory of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Ludlow Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
As is, unfortunately, often the case, the township records for the earlier political history of Ludlow are wanting. They were destroyed by fire. Consequently, dependence must be placed in the uncertain memory of man for what few early township officers he may chance to recall. The earlier elections were held principally at the house of Christopher Dickson, sr. This continued for a great many years. Afterwards a school-house was * used for the purpose, then a log town house was built
Passage source: History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881.
The principal stream of the township is the Little Muskingum river, which, with very crooked course, bisects the township from northeast to southwest, so that the two halves dovetail together in much the same way as the different pieces of a child's puzzle block. The runs that enter the river from the left flow from a water-shed in the southeast part of township, and take, in general, a direction north of west. The principal of these creeks are, beginning up the river, Edwards' run, Wilson's run, Cedar run, Pice run and Hendershot run. Wilson's run is named from an old hunter by the name of Israel Wilson, who made its valley his favorite hunting ground: The derivation of the name of Cedar run is evident. The others are named from the owners of farms near their mouths.
Passage source: History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881.
The township, like the others in its vicinity, is quite hilly. Many of these hills, however, are covered with the red soil that yields so well, and, if carefully tilled, affords good crops. The seams of coal are the same as in Liberty and Salem townships, but not so thick or extensive.
Passage source: History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881.
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 Ludlow Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.
Fires near this place
19 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Muskingum (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | NEFF RIDGE |
| 2 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | LAMPING FIRE |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | TUESDAY FIRE |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 890 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | SYCAMORE |
| 7 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Wayne National Forest | BELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 167 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 167 specimens collected within 10 miles of Muskingum (historical) between 1853 and 1975: 146 Animalia, 10 Plantae, 9 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Wood & Tilley, S. G., Albert Hazen Wright, Archer, W. A. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
| Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta | |
 | Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843 | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1883 | Albert Hazen Wright | Marietta |
| Alternaria solani Sorauer | 1905 | Post A. Lee | Long Reach | |
| Peronospora manshurica (Naumov) Syd. | 1928 | Archer, W. A. | Greenbrier | |
 | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | E Fork of Duck Creek, trib of Duck Creek, wtihin 0.5 mi of mouth, Salem Twp |
 | Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River, near Hune Covered Bridge, south of Wingett Run OH, NE Lawrence Township |
 | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River, near Hune Covered Bridge, south of Wingett Run OH, NE Lawrence Township |
All 167 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Carter (historical) | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wingett Run | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hohman | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shay | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Heslop | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dalzell | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Steel Run | 4.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050685. 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.