Boneta, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sharon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44256. The Survey maps it on the Seville quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1904 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Seville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Seville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Seville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Seville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Seville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Seville quadrangle1:24000
In the 1861 county history
4,481 words on this townshipThe county history of 1861 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sharon Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sharon Township - 4,481 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Boneta between 2009 and 2009, burning about 0 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 299 shownMuseums hold 299 specimens collected within 10 miles of Boneta between 1884 and 1975: 262 Animalia, 30 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Roberts, Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | not recorded | |
![]() | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1894 | Watson, J.R. | Medina Co. |
![]() | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
![]() | Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | unknown | Medina |
![]() | Halictus confusus confusus | 1885 | H. E. Summers | Medina |
![]() | Plantago cordata Lam. | 1891 | F. E. Lloyd | Selsville, north of Columbus |
![]() | Mougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Plum Creek |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea | The Western Reserve. Brunswick |
![]() | Culicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Hinea Townsend, 1916 | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. | 1898 | Illegible collector name | Medina |
![]() | Quiscalus quiscula versicolor Vieillot, 1819 | 1899 | A. Roberts |
All 299 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Boneta: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sharon Center Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Koontz Sandstone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Koontz Ss Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Piqua Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Center | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Windfall | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Poe | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| River Styx | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Youngs Corners | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Clark Corners | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Blake | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Granger | 4.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048532. 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.


























