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East Mansfield, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44905. It stands on Touby Run. The Survey maps it on the Pavonia quadrangle.

East Mansfield within Richland County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Mansfield, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of East Mansfield, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 1880 county history

9,672 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Madison Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Madison Township - 9,672 words.

Fires nearby

4 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of East Mansfield between 2003 and 2018, 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 burning4

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
3 April 2003Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13546

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 754 shown

Museums hold 754 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Mansfield between 1835 and 1975: 491 Plantae, 253 Animalia, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Berra, T. (Tim), C F WALKER, Chase, H. (Hazel) 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 Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1892not recordedMansfield
Specimen of Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein, 1798)Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein, 1798)1892not recordedMansfield
Specimen of Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C.PreslAthyrium angustum (Willd.) C.Presl1895Wilkinson, E.Mansfield.
A photograph of the species Alisma subcordatum, not of this specimenAlisma subcordatum Raf.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Carex scoparia, not of this specimenCarex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Carex stricta, not of this specimenCarex stricta Lam.1835Herb. of E. WilkinsonMansfield
A photograph of the species Erigeron bellidifolius, not of this specimenErigeron bellidifolius Muhl. ex Willd.1835Wilkinson,E. 5229[USA, Ohio] Mansfield, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Penthorum sedoides, not of this specimenPenthorum sedoides L.1835E. WilkinsonMansfield
A photograph of the species Verbascum thapsus, not of this specimenVerbascum thapsus L.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Angelica atropurpurea, not of this specimenAngelica atropurpurea L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield

All 754 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Mansfield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Empire Steel-Cyclops Div/ MansfieldIronProducer

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms nearby

3 since 2010

The National Weather Service names East Mansfield in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Tornado (EF0)East Mansfield$35,000An EF0 tornado touched down in rural Richland County about two miles north northwest of Lucas. The initial touchdown occurred near the intersection of Crimson and Mount Zion Roads. The tornado then continued southeast for around four tenths of a mile before dissipating. The damage path suggests that the tornado may not have been in constant contact with the ground. The damage path was no more than 20 yards in width. A barn was leveled by the tornado and two other buildings were damaged. Four cattle were injured by flying debris. Debris from the destroyed barn was found about three miles away from the location of the touchdown.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Mansfield$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree which blocked a road in Mansfield.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindEast Mansfield-Trees downed along OH Route 430, about four-miles east of Mansfield.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Lincoln Heights1.0 miles14
Mansfield1.4 miles14
Wooster Heights1.4 miles14
Colonial Hills1.5 miles14
Spring Grove (historical)2.4 miles14
South Boulevards2.9 miles14
Midpoint Woods3.0 miles14
Cesarea3.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048682. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.