Rock Camp, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45645. It stands on Dog Fork. The Survey maps it on the Kitts Hill quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1898 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
- 1898 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
112 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Rock Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 644 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | GRAPE FIRE |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2204 |
| 6 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | SHARPS CREEK ROAD |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11367 |
| 29 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | CABIN |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | LONE TREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 916 shownMuseums hold 916 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rock Camp between 1840 and 1972: 641 Animalia, 143 Fungi, 109 Plantae, 20 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer W. A., Avery W. B., Balser, G. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter | 1892 | W.A. Kellerman | Symmes Creek |
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | 1840 | Short, C.W. | along Ohio River |
![]() | Eragrostis reptans (Michx.) Nees | 1880 | T Meehan | |
![]() | Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Big Sandy River, near mouth |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1890 | Schneck | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Bryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Campylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt. | 1892 | Carver Wm. | Ironton |
![]() | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
All 916 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rock Camp: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brammer Const Co Pit No 1 | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Brammer Const Co Pit No 2 | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
8 since 2015The National Weather Service names Rock Camp in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Rock Camp | $5,000 | Flash flooding occurred along several roads due to rises on nearby creeks in southern Lawrence county including Shaffertown Road in Chesapeake, Solida Road in South Point, 279 East in South Point, and County Route 15 in Coal Grove. Along County Route 18, a culvert was washed out which also closed the road. Radar estimated 2 to nearly 4 inches of rainfall across the southern end of the county from South Point to Athalia. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Rock Camp | $2,000 | Multiple roads were closed due to flooding along Symmes Creek. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Camp | $1,500 | Trees and power lines were blown down along County Road 53 in Rock Camp. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Camp | $1,000 | Several tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Camp | $500 | Multiple trees were downed in the township of Perry. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Camp | $250 | A tree blew down near Rock Camp. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Camp | $200 | A tree fell onto County Road 6 outside of Ironton. The power lines were also compromised. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Rock Camp | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andis | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Deering | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Kitts Hill | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Essex | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Sunrise | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Forestdale | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bald Knob | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Linnville | 4.1 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Rock Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7354307 | The 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 1076752. 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.
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.
























