Cream City, Ohio
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43932. It stands on Salt Run. The Survey maps it on the Wellsville 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
22 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 Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
21 since 1994The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Cream City between 1994 and 2017, burning about 93 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 June 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WASHINGTON SCHOOL ROAD |
| 29 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RT. 208 |
| 2 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4129 |
| 16 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4609 |
| 13 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2530 |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | HAMILTON ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 275 shownMuseums hold 275 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cream City between 1890 and 1974: 191 Animalia, 60 Plantae, 24 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A.W. Cusick, Acker, G. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Catocala epione Drury, 1773 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Catocala residua Grote, 1874 | 1941 | not recorded | Richmond, Jefferson State Park |
![]() | Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1890 | Dean, G W | Ohio River, Yellow Creek |
![]() | Icterus galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | E.A. Doolittle | Richmond |
![]() | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1900 | A. Doolittle | Richmond |
| Colletotrichum lagenaria (Pass.) Ellis & Halst. | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Arroyo | |
![]() | Glomerella rufomaculans (Berk.) Spauld. & H.Schrenk | 1904 | Sheldon J. L. | Arroyo |
![]() | Ramularia tulasnei Sacc. | 1904 | Sheldon John L. | Arroyo |
![]() | Panicum virgatum L. | 1909 | Vickers, E.W. | near Wellsville, Ohio, WV bank of Ohio River |
![]() | Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link | 1909 | Vickers, E.W. | WV side of Ohio River across river from Wellsville, Ohio |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Yellow Creek, within Saline township, near Irondale, Saline township |
All 275 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cream City: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron City Plant and Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Iron City Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dando Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dando Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| H.K. Porter Brick Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Irondale Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Irondale Works Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Standard Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Standard Clay Pit | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irondale | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Hammondsville | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Yellow Creek | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| New Somerset | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Holt | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Port Homer | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sugar Grove | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Knoxville | 5.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048640. 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.
































