Block
Sodom, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lostcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45312. The Survey maps it on the Christiansburg 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
1914 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 72 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
15 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.
- 1914 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Christiansburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Christiansburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Christiansburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
690 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lostcreek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lostcreek Township - 690 words.
Fires nearby
2 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sodom (historical) between 2002 and 2002, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 132 shownMuseums hold 132 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sodom (historical) between 1835 and 1975: 102 Animalia, 16 Fungi, 11 Plantae, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Adams J. M. R. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. | 1835 | Frank | |
 | Polyporus radicatus Schwein. | 1909 | Thomas | Troy |
 | Carex albursina E.Sheld. | 1835 | Collector unknown | |
 | Carex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig | 1835 | Collector unspecified | |
 | Gentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, in ditione civitatis Miami |
 | Cercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy |
| Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy | |
 | Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. arbuscula (Berk. & Broome) Nann.-Bremek., 1975 | 1897 | Thaxter, R. | USA, Florida, Cocoanut Grove |
 | Daedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers. | 1906 | Fischer G. C. | Troy |
 | Cryptosphaeria populina (Pers.) Sacc. | 1923 | Gravatt A. R. | Troy |
| Dothichiza populina Sacc. | 1923 | Gravatt A. R. | Troy | |
| Myxosporium platanicola Ellis & Everh. | 1923 | Gravatt A. R. | Troy |
All 132 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conover | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Casstown | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lena | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fletcher | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Alcony | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Haven View | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hunters Ridge | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hunters Run | 6.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1069032. 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.