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Fowlers Mill, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Munson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44024. It stands on Sand Hill. The Survey maps it on the Chesterland quadrangle.

Fowlers Mill within Geauga County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fowlers Mill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Fowlers Mill, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

12,805 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 Munson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Munson Township - 12,805 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,010 shown

Museums hold 3,010 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fowlers Mill between 1887 and 1975: 2,893 Animalia, 106 Plantae, 11 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hoenigman, A. M. Evans, Aldritch, J W 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 Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)1891Fred Haggart
Specimen of Medeola virginiana L.Medeola virginiana L.1895Watson,J.R. s.n. [1895-06-30][label: Herbarium of J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Geauga Co. [County]
Specimen of Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.1896Edo N. ClaassenThompson Ledges
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimenAsplenium trichomanes L.1887Leonard, F.E.Little Mountain.
A photograph of the species Dryopteris marginalis, not of this specimenDryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray1887Leonard, F.E.Munson
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1889Collector(s): F. S. HaggartNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Cypripedium reginae, not of this specimenCypripedium reginae Walter1896J. R. WatsonGeauga
A photograph of the species Stachys cordata, not of this specimenStachys cordata Riddell1896Guttenberg, G.Burton
Specimen of Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw.Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw.1897Jesse M. GreenmanLittle Mountain
A photograph of the species Cypripedium parviflorum, not of this specimenCypripedium parviflorum Salisb.1897J. R. WatsonMunson
Specimen of Marchantia polymorpha L.Marchantia polymorpha L.1897Jesse M. GreenmanLittle Mountain
Ranunculaceae1897Ashcroft, G.B.Munson O.

All 3,010 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fowlers Mill: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Teague Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Best Sand CorporationStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Best Strip QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Geauga County

Storms nearby

4 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Fowlers Mill in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFowlers Mill$20,000Downed tree punctured roof of home along Meadowhurst Lane in Munson Township, just southwest of Chardon.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindFowlers Mill-Numerous trees downed in Munson Township, including near intersection of Wilson Mills Road and Auburn Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFowlers Mill-Tree downed in Munson Township.
April 1998HailFowlers Mill-Large hail fell in Munson Township.

Every storm recorded in Geauga 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
North Munson1.8 miles13
Beudale (historical)2.8 miles15
Fullertown3.3 miles15
Chesterland4.4 miles13
Chester Center4.4 miles13
Newbury Center4.5 miles14
Clarks4.8 miles15
Yates Corners4.8 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on Fowlers MillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22695645The 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 1064670. 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.

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.