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Saltillo, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Clayton Township. The Survey maps it on the Fultonham quadrangle.

Saltillo within Perry County

Then and now

1910 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saltillo, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Saltillo, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 county-history sources

5,721 words on this township

1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Clayton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The Methodist church at Saltillo was built in 1849. It was composed, to a large extent, of those who had been members ot the Mount Horeb church, in Harrison township, which appointment was discontinued after the establishment of the church at Saltillo. Vhe Saltillo church was, in effect if not in fact, the successor of the Mount Jloreb church, though some of the members of the latter probably united with other congregations. The Saltillo church first belonged to the Somerset circuit, and then for a series of vears to the Rehoboth circuit. It is now a part of the Uniontown circuit.

Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.

Saltillo was laid out in 1849, by F. Bradshaw, and is situated on Buckeye Creek. There had been a tavern there for many years before the town was laid out, which had been a general stopping place for travelers and grain-haulers. Saltillo has at presenta post oflice, M. E. church, schoolhouse, store, a number of shops, and a population of 80 in 1880. The Columbus and Eastern railroad is located along the Buckeye Valley, near the village. The name of the post oflice is Buckeye Cottage, and at present receives its mail twice a week from New Lexington, a distance of seven miles.

Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.

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 Clayton Township.

Photographs

2 photographs, 2016

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Rolling hills near Saltillo in central Ohio's Perry County
Rolling hills near Saltillo in central Ohio's Perry County
Highsmith, Carol M, 2016. Library of Congress
Stately red barn near the settlement of Saltillo in Perry County, Ohio
Stately red barn near the settlement of Saltillo in Perry County, Ohio
Highsmith, Carol M, 2016. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

43 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Saltillo between 2013 and 2019, burning about 216 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 May 2015Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1346
27 May 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1641
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8146
24 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4586
20 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4665
2 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 169 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 169 specimens collected within 10 miles of Saltillo between 1891 and 1975: 142 Animalia, 17 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Buker, W.E. 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 Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. WernerFultonham
A photograph of the species Puccinia schedonnardi, not of this specimenPuccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle1895W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Uromyces junci, not of this specimenUromyces junci Tul.1901W. A. KellermanJunction City
A photograph of the species Natrix kirtlandii, not of this specimenNatrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)1902Dilto, C. R.Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Puccinia muhlenbergiae, not of this specimenPuccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw.1902W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr.
A photograph of the species Endothia fluens, not of this specimenEndothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens1912Nixon E. L.Perry Co.
A photograph of the species Telmatodytes palustris, not of this specimenTelmatodytes palustris (A.Wilson, 1810)1926Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.)Honey Creek, Buckeye Lake, Perry, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821927Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)near Potersville: in edge of Co., Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Buckeye Lake, Perry, Ohio, USA

All 169 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Saltillo: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Chesterhill Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Chesterhill Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jonathan MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cannon Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon Clay MineClayPast Producer
Crooksville PitClayProducer
Hammer Number 2 Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammer Number 2 Clay MineClayProducer
Jonathan MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saltillo in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSaltillo$2,000Power lines were blown down across State Route 669 in Saltillo.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSaltillo$250Near the town of Saltillo, a tree was blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSaltillo-Trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Redfield1.1 miles12
Clover Hill1.4 miles12
Crooksville3.5 miles13
Wesley3.6 miles12
Horne (historical)3.8 miles13
Brigglesville4.2 miles13
Rehoboth4.2 miles14
Lyonsdale (historical)4.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065283. 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.