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Deardoffs Mills, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44680. It stands on South Fork Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Navarre quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Deardoffs Mills within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deardoffs Mills (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Deardoffs Mills (historical), surveyed 1914

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.

In the 1884 county history

3,357 words on this township

The county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Franklin Township covers organization, size, magistrates, sugar creek valley, soil, first settlers.

Read the chapter on Franklin Township - 3,357 words.

Fires nearby

5 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Deardoffs Mills (historical) between 2005 and 2020, burning about 13 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
9 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 March 2018Debris and open burning1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11645
29 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources805
23 February 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15426

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 269 shown

Museums hold 269 specimens collected within 10 miles of Deardoffs Mills (historical) between 1851 and 1973: 159 Animalia, 97 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Cusick, A. Cibula, A. Cobula 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 Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1936Heintzelmann, C.E.Camp Tuscazoar. Zoarville.
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1936Heintzelmann, C.E.Camp Tuscazoar, Zoarville.
Specimen of Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1936Heintzelmann, C.E.Zoarville, Ohio. Camp Tuscazoar
A photograph of the species Amelanchier arborea, not of this specimenAmelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Anemone canadensis, not of this specimenAnemone canadensis L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Cardamine douglassii, not of this specimenCardamine douglassii Britton1851Wolle, J.Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Conopholis americana, not of this specimenConopholis americana (L.) Wallr.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover?]
A photograph of the species Delphinium tricorne, not of this specimenDelphinium tricorne Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1851Wolle, J.Canal Dover
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum virginianum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum virginianum L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Silene virginica, not of this specimenSilene virginica L.1851Wolle, J.Canal Downs [Canal Dover]

All 269 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 13 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Deardoffs Mills (historical): 8 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Coal. 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
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Plant Number 8Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Strasburg Brick MillFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
E.C. Myers Shale PitClayPast Producer
77 Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cleveland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
County Line Sr 212 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coxey Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Coxey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Strasburg3.3 miles16
Dundee4.2 miles16
Beartown4.8 miles16
Columbia5.0 miles16
Loudon5.5 miles16
Bolivar5.8 miles16
Winfield6.0 miles16
Parral6.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067226. 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.