Young Hickory, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Meigs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43720. It lies in Sleepy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle.
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
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.
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
7 since 2013The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Young Hickory between 2013 and 2019, burning about 20 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7385 |
| 10 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9546 |
| 14 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15295 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
9 of 79 shownMuseums hold 79 specimens collected within 10 miles of Young Hickory between 1931 and 1972: 76 Animalia, 3 Plantae. 9 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W.; Starrett, J., Adler, K. K., CHARLES WALKER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Harrison Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Harrison Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Harrison Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Coluber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | 1935 | Maslowski, K. (Karl) & Dambach, C. A. (Charles A.) | Blue Rock Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta | 1935 | Maslowski, K. (Karl) & Dambach, C. A. (Charles A.) | Blue Rock Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | High Hill, 3 mi E of, Muskingum, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Piranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1935 | Dambach, C. A. (Charles A.) & Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Blue Rock Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | High Hill, 3 mi E of, Muskingum, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 | 1936 | CHARLES WALKER | GAYSPORT |
All 79 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 Young Hickory: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Ohio Coal Co. Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ohio Power Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeno | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Coal Hill | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Museville | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| High Hill | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ruraldale | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Clair (historical) | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Spratt | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Confederate Crossroads (historical) | 7.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071001. 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.






















