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Photograph of Ourant's School
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Ourant's School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.

From the record

“Ourant's School is a one-room schoolhouse located on Ourant Road, east of Deersville, Ohio. The schoolhouse was placed on the National Register on 1994-03-17.”

Wikipedia article Ourant's School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 5 National Register listings in Harrison County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Ourant Rd., W of Cadiz, Cadiz, 43907
  • When was it listed? 1994-03-17
  • Category. building
  • Township. Nottingham township
  • National Register reference number. 94000241 - 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.

Fires near this property

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ourant's School between 2013 and 2017, 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7880
9 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7879

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 130 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 130 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ourant's School between 1889 and 1971: 73 Animalia, 48 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams J. M. R., Adams J. R. M., Andrew R. Moldenke 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ulmus americana L.Ulmus americana L.1908Fink, B.USA. A. P. Morgan Farm near Harrison
Specimen of Uncinula macrospora PeckUncinula macrospora Peck1908Fink, B.USA. A. P. Morgan Farm near Harrison
A photograph of the species Oxalis stricta, not of this specimenOxalis stricta L.1889L. Dickerson
A photograph of the species Sinapis arvensis, not of this specimenSinapis arvensis L.1889L. Dickerson
A photograph of the species Solanum emulans, not of this specimenSolanum emulans Raf.1889L. Dickerson
A photograph of the species Pseudopeziza medicaginis, not of this specimenPseudopeziza medicaginis (Lib.) Sacc.1908not recordedCadiz
A photograph of the species Lampsilis radiata, not of this specimenLampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1919Ortmann, Arnold EConotton
Syrphidae1925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Chrosomus erythrogaster, not of this specimenChrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Brushy Fork, within southwest Cadiz township, near Holloway, Cadiz township
A photograph of the species Cyprinella spiloptera, not of this specimenCyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867)1929MB Trautman & asstLittle Stillwater Creek, trib of Stillwater River; SW Monroe Twp
Cyprinidae1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Brushy Fork, no more precise locality data, 3.6 miles southwest of Cadiz OH, Cadiz Township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington)Stillwater River, within Flusing township, near Piedmont, Flushing township

All 130 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadiz, the town this property stands in, in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 40 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCadiz$75,000A newspaper reporter called in that the roof had been blown off the Nottingham TWP Community building.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000The Department of Highways reported numerous tees down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000Law enforcement reported several trees down along CR 13 in Cadiz.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000Law enforcement reported trees down in Cadiz.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindCadiz$35,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees down in Cadiz.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCadiz$35,000Emergency management reported trees down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCadiz$25,000Emergency management reported trees down on Route 250 near Cadiz.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEast Cadiz$25,000Law enforcement reported trees down north of Cadiz.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindCadiz$20,000Trees and power lines blown down. Wind damage to building. [CORRECTED TIME]
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCadiz$15,000A TV station provided pictures which show large trees down in Cadiz, with some damage to houses noted.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCadiz$15,000Emergency management reported large tree down across U.S. 22 in Cadiz.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCadiz$15,000Numerous trees down county-wide.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCadiz$10,000Emergency management reported large tree limbs down and wind gusts to 60 mph in Cadiz.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCadiz$10,000Near Cadiz, tree down on Rte 22. Near Freeport, trees down on Rte 799.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindCadiz$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCadiz$5,000Trees down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCadiz$5,000Trees and power lines blown down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindCadiz$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindCadiz$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large oak trees.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCadiz$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindCadiz$5,000Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994HailCadiz$5,000Large limbs were downed and large hail fell.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCadiz$5,000Large limbs were downed and large hail fell.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCadiz$4,000Trees down onto Rte 9.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCadiz$3,000Multiple trees were reported down across the area.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCadiz$3,000EMA reported trees down along Rt. 250 and Rt. 9.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindCadiz$2,500Local 911 reported numerous trees down.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Cadiz$2,500Local 911 reported numerous trees down.
December 2014Thunderstorm WindCadiz$2,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCadiz$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCadiz$2,000Large tree limbs fell onto power lines.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCadiz$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCadiz$1,000Trees down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCadiz$1,000Large trees down.
July 2025Flash FloodEast Cadiz-Report of water covering the road.
June 2023HailCadiz-Quarter sized hail reported.
June 2018Flash FloodCadiz-Local police department reported flooded roadways along Route 250.
September 2018Heavy RainCadiz-The Army Corps of Engineers recorded at storm total of 5.43 inches.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCadiz-A 911 call center reported numerous trees down in Cadiz.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindCadiz-Law Enforcement reported that multiple trees are down in Cadiz.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindCadiz-Emergency management reported trees down near Cadiz.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCadiz-Trees reported down along County Road 16.
March 2007Flash FloodCadiz-Emergency management reported Brushy Creek flooding brushy Creek Fork Road.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCadiz-Trees down.
August 2003Flash FloodCadiz-County roads 4 and 12 flooded.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCadiz-Large tree down.
March 2026HailCadiz-no account filed
September 2010HailCadiz-no account filed
May 2004HailCadiz-no account filed
May 2003HailCadiz-no account filed
April 2001HailCadiz-no account filed
June 1998HailCadiz-no account filed
April 1998HailCadiz-no account filed
January 1996Flash FloodCadiz-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

4 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

From the nomination file

2,569 words on record

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

Statement of significance

for National Register listing.) - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of K C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) -A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. -G less than50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.

Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

The whole case file for this property - 2,569 words, 21 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 94000241, 21 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Harrison County Courthouse6.9 miles1974
Harrison National Bank6.9 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000241 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Harrison CountyAll 5 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.
  • 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.