BlockFrom the record
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Pike County · listed in 1978 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Waverly Canal Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
The listing
- Address. Walnut, North, Emmitt (US 23), Second, Third and Fourth Sts between Lock and East, Waverly
- When was it listed? December 1978
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 78002182 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1906 to 1992The ground this property stands on, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
75 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Waverly Canal Historic District between 2006 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15249 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15248 |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1901 |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15221 |
| 19 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15213 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Waverly Canal Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seal Builders S & G Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Seal Builders Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1906 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waverly North quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Waverly North quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piketon Historic District | 4.3 miles | 1974 | |
 | Friendly Grove | 4.5 miles | 1970 |
 | Vanmeter Stone House and Outbuildings | 6.2 miles | 1975 |
| Jones-Cutler House | 6.6 miles | 1976 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78002182 in Record Group 79. |
| Pike County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- 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.