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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.

Rock Camp within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The 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 sheet of Rock Camp, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Rock Camp, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Fires nearby

112 since 1992

The 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 burning69
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning11 acresWayne National ForestGRAPE FIRE
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2204
6 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National ForestSHARPS CREEK ROAD
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11367
29 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestCABIN
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreWayne National ForestLONE TREE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 916 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.WinterMicrosphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter1892W.A. KellermanSymmes Creek
Specimen of Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 19021899[Not Stated]Hanging Rock
A photograph of the species Polanisia dodecandra, not of this specimenPolanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.1840Short, C.W.along Ohio River
A photograph of the species Eragrostis reptans, not of this specimenEragrostis reptans (Michx.) Nees1880T Meehan
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBig Sandy River, near mouth
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1890SchneckHanging Rock
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Coleosporium vernoniae, not of this specimenColeosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1892Carver Wm.Ironton
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1892W. C. WernerIronton

All 916 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brammer Const Co Pit No 1ClayUnknown
Brammer Const Co Pit No 2ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms nearby

8 since 2015

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Flash FloodRock Camp$5,000Flash 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 2017FloodRock Camp$2,000Multiple roads were closed due to flooding along Symmes Creek.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindRock Camp$1,500Trees and power lines were blown down along County Road 53 in Rock Camp.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRock Camp$1,000Several tree branches were blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRock Camp$500Multiple trees were downed in the township of Perry.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRock Camp$250A tree blew down near Rock Camp.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRock Camp$200A tree fell onto County Road 6 outside of Ironton. The power lines were also compromised.
October 2022HailRock Camp-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Andis2.0 miles13
Deering2.6 miles13
Kitts Hill2.7 miles13
Essex2.8 miles23
Sunrise2.8 miles23
Forestdale3.5 miles13
Bald Knob3.5 miles13
Linnville4.1 miles15

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 CampAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7354307The 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.