Clarks, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44077. It stands on The Knob. The Survey maps it on the Painesville 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
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 Chardon quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Chardon quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Chardon quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Painesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Painesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Painesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Painesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Painesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Painesville quadrangle1:24000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,299 shownMuseums hold 1,299 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clarks (historical) between 1864 and 1975: 1,026 Animalia, 154 Plantae, 100 Fungi, 10 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. F. Clewell, A. Woolman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1885 | Werner, WM.C. | near Painesville |
![]() | Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.Clausen | 1885 | Werner, Wm. C. | Painesville |
![]() | Periploca graeca L. | 1886 | Werner, WM.C. | Near Painesville |
![]() | Leucodon brachypus Brid. | 1864 | E. J. Ferris | |
![]() | Mnium spinulosum Bruch & Schimp. | 1864 | E. J. Ferris | Painesville |
![]() | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Didymodon tophaceus (Brid.) Lisa | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Discelium nudum (Dicks.) Brid. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Drepanocladus polycarpos (Blandow ex Voit) Warnst. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
| Eurhynchium pulchellum (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | ||
![]() | Fontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Orthotrichum stellatum Brid. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. |
All 1,299 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clarks (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentor Sand and Supply Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Little Mountain | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pease Mill (historical) | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Kirtland Hills | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| West Walnut Estates | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Orchard Grove | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lusard Place | 4.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067429. 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.
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.

























