Denmark Center, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Denmark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44047. The Survey maps it on the Gageville quadrangle.
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
12 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 Conneaut quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Conneaut quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gageville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Gageville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Gageville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Gageville quadrangle1:24000
In the 1920 county history
143 words on this townshipThe county history of 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Denmark Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Denmark Township - 143 words.
Fires nearby
3 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Denmark Center between 2020 and 2020, burning about 3 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15767 |
| 25 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15702 |
| 21 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15999 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 226 shownMuseums hold 226 specimens collected within 10 miles of Denmark Center between 1872 and 1975: 176 Animalia, 49 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Fuller, A. Woolman, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt. | 1872 | L. B. Tuckerman | |
![]() | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1903 | not recorded | Cuyahoga River, South Park, Above Cleveland |
![]() | Riccia fluitans L. | 1892 | E. E. Bogue | |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Conneaut Creek, Kingsville, Ohio |
![]() | Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | KINGSVILLE, CONNEAUT CREEK |
![]() | Chrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 1857 | 1893 | not recorded | Kingsville, Conneaut Creek |
![]() | Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Conneaut Creek, Kingsville, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | not recorded | Kingsville, Ohio |
![]() | Geranium pusillum L. | 1893 | Goodrich | Ashtabula Co. |
![]() | Labidesthes sicculus (Cope, 1865) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Conneaut Creek, Kingsville, Ohio |
![]() | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Conneaut Creek, Kingsville, Ohio |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Conneaut Creek, Kingsville, Ohio |
All 226 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Denmark Center: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frye Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Frye Sand and Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulah | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gould | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| South Denmark | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Anderson (historical) | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Ollins Corners | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Steamburg | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Dorset | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Sheffield Center | 5.0 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543323 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062730. 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.























