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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.

Auburn Center within Geauga County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Auburn Center, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Auburn Center, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1880 county history

44,957 words on this township

The 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 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Medeola virginiana L.Medeola virginiana L.1895Watson,J.R. s.n. [1895-06-30][label: Herbarium of J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Geauga Co. [County]
Specimen of Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.1896Edo N. ClaassenThompson Ledges
A photograph of the species Dryopteris marginalis, not of this specimenDryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray1887Leonard, F.E.Munson
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1889Collector(s): F. S. HaggartNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Asplenium pinnatifidum, not of this specimenAsplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.1890M. RodmanSugar Grove.
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Nocomis micropogon, not of this specimenNocomis micropogon (Cope, 1865)1893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Noturus flavus, not of this specimenNoturus flavus Rafinesque, 18181893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus (Hermann, 1804)1893WoolmanAurora branch of Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cypripedium reginae, not of this specimenCypripedium reginae Walter1896J. R. WatsonGeauga
A photograph of the species Stachys cordata, not of this specimenStachys cordata Riddell1896Guttenberg, G.Burton

All 2,431 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Haueter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Teague Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Geauga County

Storms nearby

9 since 1998

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAuburn Center$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Auburn Township.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindAuburn Center$15,000Several trees were reported down from Auburn Center to Newbury. Law enforcement also reported that additional trees were down throughout the entire county.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAuburn Center$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Auburn Township.
April 2002HailAuburn Center$5,000Quarter size hail was reported.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAuburn Center$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAuburn Center$3,000Sheriff department reported tree limbs down in Auburn Township.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAuburn Center$2,000Trees were downed.
April 2026HailAuburn Center-Hail up to hen egg-size about two-miles north of Auburn Center.
July 2000HailAuburn Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Geauga County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Auburn Corners1.6 miles14
Julia (historical)2.9 miles17
Beartown3.1 miles17
Taborville3.1 miles17
Popes Corners3.9 miles14
South Newbury4.1 miles14
Burton Lake4.3 miles14
Bainbridge4.9 miles15

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.