Three Legs Town, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44663. It stands on Moose Island. The Survey maps it on the Uhrichsville quadrangle. It stands 2,756 feet above sea level. 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
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 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
16 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.
- 1909 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
29 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Three Legs Town (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 44 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5305 |
| 9 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15776 |
| 3 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1142 |
| 20 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4905 |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15602 |
| 3 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15599 |
| 17 April 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 527 shownMuseums hold 527 specimens collected within 10 miles of Three Legs Town (historical) between 1851 and 1973: 393 Animalia, 91 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cibula, A. Cobula, A. Perry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895 | 1894 | G. Marston | Tuscarawas River, New Philadelphia |
![]() | Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896 | 1894 | G. Marston | Tuscarawas River, New Philadelphia |
![]() | Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858 | 1895 | G. Marston | from spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki) |
![]() | Amelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Anemone canadensis L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Cardamine douglassii Britton | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover?] |
![]() | Delphinium tricorne Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Dover |
![]() | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Tuscarawa City |
![]() | Hydrophyllum virginianum L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Silene virginica L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Downs [Canal Dover] |
All 527 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Three Legs Town (historical): 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Head Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 5 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Urichsville Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Midvale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stewart and Reichman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Can-Tex Pit Number 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Clay Products, Inc. Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Clay Corporation Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Urichsville Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Lane Park | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Midvale | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Eastport | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Barnhill | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Roanoake | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Brightwood | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Goshen | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Uhrichsville | 2.6 miles | 16 |
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 Three Legs Town (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7797573 | The 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 1054356. 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.



























