Sulphur Lick, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45601. The Survey maps it on the Chillicothe West quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 74 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
14 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.
- 1912 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Roxabell quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Chillicothe West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
13 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Lick between 2002 and 2020, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15171 |
| 26 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14416 |
| 25 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14412 |
| 24 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4948 |
| 3 November 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 1,583 shownMuseums hold 1,583 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sulphur Lick between 1874 and 1975: 1,150 Animalia, 349 Fungi, 77 Plantae, 3 Unrecorded, 3 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, A. Miller, A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813 | 1895 | F. L. S. | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia tanaceti DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC. | 1895 | F. L. Stevens | Ross County |
![]() | Euaesthetus iripennis Casey, 1884 | 1874 | [Not Stated] | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Myrmedonia loricata Casey, 1893 | 1874 | [Not Stated] | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Passiflora lutea L. | 1885 | Safford, William Edwin | Chillicothe |
![]() | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle | 1896 | Selby, A. D. | Chillicothe |
| Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc. | 1896 | Selby A. D. | Chillicothe | |
![]() | Elanoides forficatus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Seip, J. (John) | Near Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Heterosternuta wickhami (Zaitzev, 1908) | 1898 | Scott O'Dee | |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1901 | not recorded | Ross, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophophanes Kaup, 1829 | 1901 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Ross, Ohio, USA |
All 1,583 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 Sulphur Lick: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fuller Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Musselman | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Anderson | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Slate Mills | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ebush (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Roxabell | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Frankfort | 4.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063041. 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.
























