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2023 Map of Pedro

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Pedro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

The iron manufacturing legacy of southern Ohio is etched into the landscape of Wayne National Forest, where historical furnace sites and small settlements dot the rugged hollows. Evidence of the region’s industrial past remains at Buckhorn Furnace and Lawrence Furnace, markers of an era when local timber and ore fueled a sprawling iron industry. This 2023 survey preserves the locations of numerous family-named burial grounds, such as Finley Cem and Collins Cem, which are essential for genealogists tracing families in the Scioto and Lawrence County borderlands.

The terrain is defined by a dense network of ridges and drainages, including Periscope Ridge and the winding Pine Creek. Water management for industrial or recreational use is visible at the Marquette Cement Company Reservoir and Lawco Lake. A modern trail system, featuring the Wolcott Trl and Superior Corridor Trl, now traverses these historical corridors, connecting the legacy of former centers like Lisman and Pedro with the conserved forest landscape.