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

Clark Corners, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wadsworth City. It lies in ZIP code area 44281. The Survey maps it on the Wadsworth quadrangle.

Clark Corners within Medina County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clark Corners, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Clark Corners, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

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.

Fires nearby

1 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Clark Corners 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 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
29 November 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Medina County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 176 shown

Museums hold 176 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clark Corners between 1884 and 1975: 161 Animalia, 10 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05], B Zahuranec & party, Burris V. D. 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 Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1890not recorded
Specimen of Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) LinkCamptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link1894Watson, J.R.Medina Co.
Specimen of Aquilegia canadensis L.Aquilegia canadensis L.1897Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05][label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio]
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger Linnaeus, 17581884unknownMedina
A photograph of the species Halictus confusus, not of this specimenHalictus confusus confusus1885H. E. SummersMedina
A photograph of the species Plantago cordata, not of this specimenPlantago cordata Lam.1891F. E. LloydSelsville, north of Columbus
A photograph of the species Culicoides guttipennis, not of this specimenCulicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901)1897J. HineMedina
Specimen of Hinea Townsend, 1916Hinea Townsend, 19161897J. HineMedina
A photograph of the species Aplectrum hyemale, not of this specimenAplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.1898Illegible collector nameMedina
Specimen of Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 1900Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 19001899[Not Stated]Medina
A photograph of the species Microtus pennsylvanicus, not of this specimenMicrotus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)1905not recordedHinckley, Medina Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Mus musculus, not of this specimenMus musculus Linnaeus, 17581905not recordedHinckley, Medina Co., Ohio, USA

All 176 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Clark Corners: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Koontz Sandstone CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Koontz Ss PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piqua QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Wadsworth Brick No 4 PitClayPast Producer
Number 4 PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Number 5 PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Number 5 PitClayProducer
Keiper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Keiper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sharon Center PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Medina 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
Wadsworth2.1 miles18
Sharon Center3.1 miles18
River Styx3.6 miles15
Boneta3.8 miles15
Acme4.0 miles15
Blake4.4 miles15
Weavers (historical)5.2 miles17
Poe5.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056807. 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.