Heisley, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mentor City. It lies in ZIP code area 44060. It stands on Heisley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mentor quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
2 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Heisley (historical) between 2002 and 2003, burning about 400 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | MENTOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,465 shownMuseums hold 1,465 specimens collected within 10 miles of Heisley (historical) between 1864 and 1975: 1,192 Animalia, 152 Plantae, 102 Fungi, 10 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. F. Clewell, A. Woolman 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1885 | Werner, WM.C. | near Painesville |
![]() | Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.Clausen | 1885 | Werner, Wm. C. | Painesville |
![]() | Periploca graeca L. | 1886 | Werner, WM.C. | Near Painesville |
![]() | Leucodon brachypus Brid. | 1864 | E. J. Ferris | |
![]() | Mnium spinulosum Bruch & Schimp. | 1864 | E. J. Ferris | Painesville |
![]() | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Didymodon tophaceus (Brid.) Lisa | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Discelium nudum (Dicks.) Brid. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Drepanocladus polycarpos (Blandow ex Voit) Warnst. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
| Eurhynchium pulchellum (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | ||
![]() | Fontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
![]() | Orthotrichum stellatum Brid. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. |
All 1,465 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Heisley (historical): 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentor Sand and Supply Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morton Salt Co | Halite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| Morton Salt Fairport Mine | Salt | Producer | ||
| Republic Steel Lime Plant | Calcium | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentor Acres | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Orchard Grove | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain View | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Salida | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor-on-the-Lake | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| West Walnut Estates | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor Headlands | 2.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1052862. 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.


























