BlockBefore
Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Hanley Village, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44904. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield South quadrangle.

Hanley Village within Richland County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hanley Village, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hanley Village, surveyed 1915

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

24,208 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 Washington Township covers obganization, spbings and water courses, first election, early settlers and their adventitbes, first road, first public house.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 24,208 words.

Fires nearby

2 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hanley Village between 2005 and 2007, burning about 1 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 burning2

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
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 728 shown

Museums hold 728 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hanley Village between 1835 and 1975: 493 Plantae, 225 Animalia, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M.H., Aknown, Berra, T. (Tim) 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 728 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hanley Village: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bellville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Derwacter S & G Belleville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lexington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lexington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lexington Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working 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
Lexington2.5 miles14
South Boulevards2.6 miles14
Alta2.9 miles14
Cesarea3.3 miles13
Little Washington3.7 miles13
Mansfield4.5 miles14
Ontario5.1 miles14
East Mansfield5.1 miles14

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 Q122552671The 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 1077433. 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.