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

Bosworth, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Macedonia City. It lies in ZIP code area 44056. The Survey maps it on the Twinsburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bosworth within Summit County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bosworth (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bosworth (historical), surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

Fires nearby

5 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bosworth (historical) between 1993 and 2006, burning about 2 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 May 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkLEDGES
5 April 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkGOOD
19 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkSTUMPY
15 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCuyahoga Valley National ParkPINE LANE
1 December 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkTILDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 686 shown

Museums hold 686 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bosworth (historical) between 1877 and 1973: 653 Animalia, 22 Plantae, 11 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hall, Adams J. M. R., Allen, E. J. 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 Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1893C. RutterCuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio
Specimen of Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773)Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773)1904W. WarnerCuyahoga Falls
Specimen of Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817)Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817)1928not recordedBrandywine Brook, Hudson, North America
A photograph of the species Empidonax flaviventris, not of this specimenEmpidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843)1877A. HallCuyahoga
A photograph of the species Buteo lineatus, not of this specimenButeo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788)1887B. SanfordHudson
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1889Reade M. C.Hudson
A photograph of the species Scolopax minor, not of this specimenScolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 17891892Beryl HodgeHudson
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893not recordedPeninsula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedSilver Lake
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893WoolmanCuyahoga River, Peninsula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepomis gibbosus, not of this specimenLepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedSilver Lake, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191893not recordedSilver Lake, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

All 686 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bosworth (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Northern Ohio Materials Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Silica, Incorporated QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Twinsburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Highland Springs1.7 miles15
Boston Heights1.9 miles15
Twinsburg Heights2.2 miles15
Little York2.3 miles15
Macedonia2.6 miles15
Brandywine2.9 miles15
Twinsburg3.2 miles15
Chittendens Corners3.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067311. 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.