Auburn Center, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Auburn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44023. The Survey maps it on the Burton quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 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.
- 1905 USGS Garrettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Garrettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Garrettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
44,957 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Auburn Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Auburn Township - 44,957 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,431 shownMuseums hold 2,431 specimens collected within 10 miles of Auburn Center between 1887 and 1975: 2,328 Animalia, 96 Plantae, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hoenigman, A. M. Evans, A. Woolman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Medeola virginiana L. | 1895 | Watson,J.R. s.n. [1895-06-30] | [label: Herbarium of J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Geauga Co. [County] |
![]() | Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort. | 1896 | Edo N. Claassen | Thompson Ledges |
![]() | Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray | 1887 | Leonard, F.E. | Munson |
![]() | Melospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790) | 1889 | Collector(s): F. S. Haggart | No specific locality recorded. |
![]() | Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. | 1890 | M. Rodman | Sugar Grove. |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Nocomis micropogon (Cope, 1865) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus (Hermann, 1804) | 1893 | Woolman | Aurora branch of Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Cypripedium reginae Walter | 1896 | J. R. Watson | Geauga |
![]() | Stachys cordata Riddell | 1896 | Guttenberg, G. | Burton |
All 2,431 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 Auburn Center: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haueter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Teague Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
9 since 1998The National Weather Service names Auburn Center in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn Center | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Auburn Township. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn Center | $15,000 | Several trees were reported down from Auburn Center to Newbury. Law enforcement also reported that additional trees were down throughout the entire county. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn Center | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Auburn Township. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Auburn Center | $5,000 | Quarter size hail was reported. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn Center | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn Center | $3,000 | Sheriff department reported tree limbs down in Auburn Township. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn Center | $2,000 | Trees were downed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Auburn Center | - | Hail up to hen egg-size about two-miles north of Auburn Center. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Auburn Center | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Corners | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Julia (historical) | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Beartown | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Taborville | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Popes Corners | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| South Newbury | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Burton Lake | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bainbridge | 4.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064355. 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.
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.
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.

























