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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Belfort, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Osnaburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44641. The Survey maps it on the Robertsville quadrangle.

Belfort within Stark County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Belfort, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Belfort, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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 1881 county history

839 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Osnaburg Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Osnaburg Township - 839 words.

Fires nearby

2 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Belfort between 2005 and 2020, burning about 33 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
14 April 2005Debris and open burning30 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15929

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 348 shown

Museums hold 348 specimens collected within 10 miles of Belfort between 1836 and 1975: 308 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Anson A. Hinkley, Antonio, T., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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
A photograph of the species Carex granularis, not of this specimenCarex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Carex intumescens, not of this specimenCarex intumescens Rudge1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1875not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Archilochus colubris, not of this specimenArchilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Hylocichla mustelina, not of this specimenHylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1885not recordedCanton
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Molothrus ater, not of this specimenMolothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Picoides pubescens, not of this specimenPicoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Pooecetes gramineus, not of this specimenPooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Regulus satrapa, not of this specimenRegulus satrapa satrapa Lichtenstein, 18231885Bulley, R. HCanton

All 348 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Belfort: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal, Clay, Coal. 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
Sme QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stark PitClay, CoalProducer
Stark PitClay, CoalPast Producer
Columbus Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Diano Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Diano Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Motts and Dehoff PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Motts and Dehoff PitClayPast Producer
Stark Ceramics, Incorporated PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Stark 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
Louisville1.9 miles17
East Canton2.6 miles17
Fairhope3.1 miles17
Lynn Center Park3.4 miles17
Plain3.9 miles17
Thunderbird Terrace4.1 miles17
Paris4.4 miles18
Marks (historical)4.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048511. 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.

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.

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.