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Halo, Ohio

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Akron City. It lies in ZIP code area 44314. The Survey maps it on the Akron West quadrangle.

Halo within Summit County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Halo, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Halo, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 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 1908 county history

22,626 words on this township

The county history of 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Akron City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Akron City - 22,626 words.

Fires nearby

1 since 2014

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Halo between 2014 and 2014, burning about 0 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
27 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkCANYON TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 823 shown

Museums hold 823 specimens collected within 10 miles of Halo between 1867 and 1975: 707 Animalia, 71 Plantae, 43 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. Black, A. W. Cusick 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 Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianumBotrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum1888Wright, A.A.Tallmadge.
Specimen of Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.1889Foltz, Kent O.Sand Run Park; Akron
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1867Collector(s): James Lee PetersAkron
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1880F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Geum aleppicum, not of this specimenGeum aleppicum Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Geum canadense, not of this specimenGeum canadense Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1888E.L. Sturtevant II
A photograph of the species Lonicera dioica, not of this specimenLonicera dioica L.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Penstemon hirsutus, not of this specimenPenstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Agrimonia gryposepala, not of this specimenAgrimonia gryposepala Wallr.1889ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron

All 823 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 14 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Halo: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Limestone, General. 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
Barberton Cement PlantMarble, Dimension, Cement RockProducer
Barberton Limestone MineLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Carbon Limestone Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Ppg Indus Brine Wells PlantSaltProducer
Barberton Sand Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Barberton Sand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Arlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Barberton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Flesher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flesher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Kenmore0.3 miles22
Summit Beach Park1.0 miles22
Lawndale1.5 miles22
Swartz Corners1.8 miles22
Firestone Park2.1 miles22
West Akron2.1 miles22
New Portage2.2 miles22
South Akron2.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058341. 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.