Highland Beach, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saybrook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44004. It stands on Strong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashtabula North quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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 Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula North quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Highland Beach between 2020 and 2020, 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15697 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 780 shownMuseums hold 780 specimens collected within 10 miles of Highland Beach between 1872 and 1975: 620 Animalia, 136 Plantae, 22 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Bill, A. B. Fuller, A. Burhanna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1903 | not recorded | Cuyahoga River, South Park, Above Cleveland |
![]() | unnamed | 1915 | Munsell; Harvey | |
![]() | Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon | 1872 | not recorded | |
![]() | Dicranum scoparium Hedw. | 1891 | J. B. Brockway | |
![]() | Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | not recorded | Geneva |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Conneaut Creek |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ashtabula River, Ashtabula, Ohio |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Harbor, Ohio |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1893 | Woolman & United States Fish Commission | Geneva, Cowles Creek |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Cowles Creek, Geneva, Ohio |
![]() | Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | KINGSVILLE, CONNEAUT CREEK |
![]() | Chrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 1857 | 1893 | not recorded | Kingsville, Conneaut Creek |
All 780 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
8 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Highland Beach: 4 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium, Pigment. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtabula #1 & #2 Plants Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1967 | |
| Ashtabula Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | 1968 | |
| Therm-X Co | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Union Carbide | Iron | Producer | ||
| Dreslinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dreslinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pinney Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinney Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Elks View | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Willow Arms | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mareddy Estates | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| East Ashtabula | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Avondale | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ashtabula | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Century Bay | 2.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2771127. 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.


























