BlockScott, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brookfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43732. It stands on Lick Run. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell North 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
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 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
9 surveys from 13 printed 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.
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Caldwell North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Caldwell North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,829 words on this townshipHistory of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Brookfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
David Green was burn in Spencer, Mass., December 27, 1797, and was probably the oldest man living in the township. He died May 21, 1887. In 1823 he married Augusta Brown, in Massachusetts. She died in 1842, having borne one child - Edward. In 1844 he married Mary Pearson. Their children are David J. and Mary A. (twins), and Lewis H. Edward and Lewis H. were in the service in the late war. Mr. Green first came to Ohio about 1820. He came through in a two-horse wagon. While on the way he had the misfortune to lose his pocket-book at a tavern. He recovered the book, but a check on the Marietta bank which it contained was gone. He succeeded in getting the money on the check by notifying the officers of the bank. He remained in Ohio about a year, cutting cord-wood near Duncan's Falls, for salt works upon the river. He took his pay m salt, which was then worth $1.50 per bushel. After his marriage (August 21, 1823,) he returned to Ohio and located where he now lives. A few years later he erected a mill for the manufacture of castor oil. The machinery, invented by himself, consisted of an inclined plane and a beam worked by horse power. As the beam was drawn over the inclined plane the oil was pressed out. There was a great demand for it, and Mr. Green traveled about the country with a horse and wagon, selling it. At, one time in Newark, Ohio, before breakfast, he sold enough oil to pay for forty acres of land. He also sold oil by the barrel in Zanesville and other places. He continued this business about ten years. An acre of land would produce eight or ten bushels of beans, and one bushel would make about a gallon and a half of oil. The beans were dried in buildings similar to tobacco barns. Mr. Green also erected one of the early saw-mills of the township. Mr. Green has been a member of the Baptist church about sixty-two years, and for over fifty years has been a deacon. He has been justice of the peace, and held the office of township treasurer twenty years. He has been a successful farmer, and has done much to introduce new and improved breeds of stock. He has also made some inventions which he has patented. He is largely engaged in farming and ] Sniith, Francis Scott, Eleazer SiKionbree<ling line stcK'k, cattle, hogs, | er, John D. Spark, Richard Thorhu
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
Judge Francis Scott was one of the prominent early settlers. In early years he was one of the tiiree associate judges of Morgan (>)unty. He was born in (bounty Donegal, Ireland, in 1781, and came to Pennsylvania with his i)arents when young. He migrated west to Brooke (Vmnty, W. Va , and was there married in 1801) to Miss Mary Meek. He came to Ohio about 1810 and located in JefTer^son County, but roturne I to West Virginia after a brief residence, and thence went to Washington County, Pa. In 1818 he removed to Brookfield Township, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was the father of six sons and two daughters.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
Sylvester Scott, son of Judge Francis Scott, was born March 29, 1825, on the farm where he now livfcs. He has followed farming as his principal occupation. In 1848 he married Susannah Thompson, a native of Guernsey County. Three children have been born to them, of whom two are living, a daughter and a son. The oldest daughter married Edward Bartlett, and died in 187H. The second daughter married John Beckett, and lives at home. The son lives on a part of the old homestead. The family belong to the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Scott was formerly a Whig, and is now a Kepublican.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
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 Brookfield Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
25 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Scott (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15250 |
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15266 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15265 |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8425 |
| 28 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4965 |
| 18 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4426 |
| 14 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14706 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 91 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 91 specimens collected within 10 miles of Scott (historical) between 1902 and 1974: 59 Animalia, 29 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M., Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1902 | Lloyd C. G. | Glenwood |
 | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1912 | E. Bartholomew | Caldwell |
 | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
 | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
 | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
 | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
 | Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio |
 | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio |
 | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | near Cumberland, Noble, Ohio, USA |
 | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio |
 | Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Caldwell 1 mi N, Noble, Ohio, USA |
 | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio |
All 91 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Scott (historical): 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ava Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ava Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Guernsey Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lawrence King Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Guernsey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| King Quarries Extension | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| King Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiramsburg | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hunter (historical) | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Coal Ridge | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ava | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hoskinsville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Belle Valley | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Olive Green | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Glenwood | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050944. 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.