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.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1906 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.
- 1906 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
5 since 1993The 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | LEDGES |
| 5 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | GOOD |
| 19 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | STUMPY |
| 15 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | PINE LANE |
| 1 December 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | TILDEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 686 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | C. Rutter | Cuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio |
![]() | Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773) | 1904 | W. Warner | Cuyahoga Falls |
![]() | Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817) | 1928 | not recorded | Brandywine Brook, Hudson, North America |
![]() | Empidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843) | 1877 | A. Hall | Cuyahoga |
![]() | Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1887 | B. Sanford | Hudson |
![]() | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1889 | Reade M. C. | Hudson |
![]() | Scolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1892 | Beryl Hodge | Hudson |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula, Ohio |
![]() | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1893 | not recorded | Silver Lake |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Peninsula, Ohio |
![]() | Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Silver Lake, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio |
![]() | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | not recorded | Silver Lake, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio |
All 686 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Northern Ohio Materials Hudson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Silica, Incorporated Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Twinsburg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Springs | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Boston Heights | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Twinsburg Heights | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Little York | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Macedonia | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Brandywine | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Twinsburg | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Chittendens Corners | 3.4 miles | 14 |
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.


























