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Hardscrabble, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Warren City. It lies in ZIP code area 44481. It stands on Chocolate Run. The Survey maps it on the Champion quadrangle.

Hardscrabble within Trumbull 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 Hardscrabble, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hardscrabble, surveyed 1905

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.

Fires nearby

4 since 2019

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hardscrabble between 2019 and 2019, burning about 8 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/undetermined2
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
29 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15316
8 April 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15312
13 April 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15313
20 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15310

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trumbull County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 244 shown

Museums hold 244 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hardscrabble between 1890 and 1975: 196 Animalia, 40 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Rood, Almon N. Rood, 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Alternaria panax WhetzelAlternaria panax Whetzel1909W.P. WarrenGarden of Warren
Specimen of Pleosphaerulina briosiana PollacciPleosphaerulina briosiana Pollacci1927F.R. Jones; J.J. DavisNewton
Specimen of Asclepias tuberosa L.Asclepias tuberosa L.1928Rood, Almon N.Braceville Tp.,
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1890Ingraham, R.H.Niles
A photograph of the species Obovaria unicolor, not of this specimenObovaria unicolor (I.Lea, 1845)1890Dean, G WNewton Falls, mill pond
A photograph of the species Desmodium glutinosum, not of this specimenDesmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph.Wood1892Ingraham, R.H.Ailer
A photograph of the species Hemitrichia vesparia, not of this specimenHemitrichia vesparia (Batsch) T.Macbr., 18991893not recordedEvansville
A photograph of the species Metatrichia vesparia, not of this specimenMetatrichia vesparia (Batsch) Nann.-Bremek. ex G.W.Martin & Alexop., 19691893not recordedOhio: Evansville
A photograph of the species Saxifraga virginiensis, not of this specimenSaxifraga virginiensis Michx.1893Chamberlin, EarlCortland
A photograph of the species Neogale Gray, not of this specimenNeogale Gray, 18651894William Harvey BrownWARREN
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1905not recordedNiles
A photograph of the species Guignardia bidwellii, not of this specimenGuignardia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1905Spencer, L. G.

All 244 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 Hardscrabble: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Warren Works--General RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Plant
Copperweld Corp/ Warren, OhioIronProducer
Thomas Strip Steel/ Warren, OhioIronProducer

Every working recorded in Trumbull 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
Leavittsburg0.9 miles13
Austin Village1.2 miles13
Brookside Park1.7 miles14
Champion3.0 miles14
Warren3.0 miles13
Center World3.1 miles13
State Road3.2 miles12
Somerset 45 Manor3.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064792. 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.