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Powderlick, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45177. The Survey maps it on the Sabina quadrangle.

Powderlick within Clinton County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Powderlick, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Powderlick, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Richland township, in the words of 1915.

1915, Richland Township

Nati'Rai. Tea Tubes

The township has good drainage through the waters of Lee's creek in the sonth and Rattlesnake creek in the northeast corner. As tributaries to this latter creek and serving as an excellent drain for the eastern part, are Palmer's branch. Wilson's branch and Grassy branch, and the western part is drained by Anderson's and Todd's fork.

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In the 1915 county history

77,341 words on this township

The county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Richland Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Richland Township - 77,341 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 248 shown

Museums hold 248 specimens collected within 10 miles of Powderlick between 1892 and 1974: 231 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Allen, A. (Avery) 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 Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr.Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr.1923Taylor, C.L.Wilmington
Specimen of Cambarus ortmanni Williamson, 1907Cambarus ortmanni Williamson, 19071938R. RhoadesWoods along Anderson Fork, Wilson Township
A photograph of the species Desmodium pauciflorum, not of this specimenDesmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.1892J. S. VanderwortNew Antioch
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium globosum, not of this specimenGymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.1901Hartley C. P.Sabina
A photograph of the species Pseudosuccinea columella, not of this specimenPseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)1911not recordedClinton, North America
A photograph of the species Claviceps purpurea, not of this specimenClaviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.1919Lewis H. L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Cladonia fimbriata, not of this specimenCladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr.1923Taylor, C.J.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Parmelia Acharius, not of this specimenParmelia Acharius, 18031924Taylor, L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Peltigera praetextata, not of this specimenPeltigera praetextata (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Zopf1924Taylor, C.L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Etheostoma variatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma variatum Kirtland, 18401926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Todd Fork, near present day US 68 estimated based off Fishes of Ohio map
A photograph of the species Mustela frenata, not of this specimenMustela frenata Lichtenstein, 18311927Hazard, F. O.Reesville, Clinton Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541929Hazard, F. O.near Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio

All 248 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 Powderlick: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Melvin QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Melvin Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Melvin1.0 miles11
Clinton2.1 miles14
Reesville2.5 miles11
New Antioch4.0 miles11
Starbucktown4.1 miles14
Lees Creek4.4 miles11
Sabina4.5 miles11
Sabina Manor Estates4.6 miles11

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 Q122572020The 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 1067377. 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.