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

Highland Springs, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hudson City. It lies in ZIP code area 44236. The Survey maps it on the Twinsburg quadrangle.

Highland Springs within Summit County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Highland Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Highland Springs, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

83,835 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 Hudson City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hudson City - 83,835 words.

Fires nearby

8 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Highland Springs between 1993 and 2006, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
16 June 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkQUICK
22 May 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkLEDGES
5 April 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkGOOD
2 April 2001Natural2.0 acresCuyahoga Valley National ParkPINEHOLLOW
19 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkSTUMPY
15 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCuyahoga Valley National ParkPINE LANE
12 April 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkMANATOC
1 December 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkTILDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 850 shown

Museums hold 850 specimens collected within 10 miles of Highland Springs between 1877 and 1973: 797 Animalia, 40 Plantae, 13 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Black, A. Hall, 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1893C. RutterCuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio
Specimen of Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773)Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773)1904W. WarnerCuyahoga Falls
Specimen of Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1909not recordedCry River
A photograph of the species Empidonax flaviventris, not of this specimenEmpidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843)1877A. HallCuyahoga
A photograph of the species Buteo lineatus, not of this specimenButeo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788)1887B. SanfordHudson
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1889Reade M. C.Hudson
A photograph of the species Carex communis, not of this specimenCarex communis L.H.Bailey1892Werner, W.C.Cuyahoga Falls
A photograph of the species Scolopax minor, not of this specimenScolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 17891892Beryl HodgeHudson
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Summit, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893not recordedPeninsula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedSilver Lake
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Ohio

All 850 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Highland Springs: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Northern Ohio Materials Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Silica, Incorporated QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Twinsburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Bosworth (historical)1.7 miles15
Hudson2.0 miles14
Chittendens Corners2.4 miles14
Boston Heights2.5 miles15
Western Reserve Estates3.0 miles15
Twinsburg Heights3.2 miles15
Little York3.8 miles15
Twinsburg3.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065692. 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.