Industrial Heights, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Canton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44706. It stands on Sherrick Run. The Survey maps it on the Canton West quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 93 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
17 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.
- 1901 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Canton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Canton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Canton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Canton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Canton West quadrangle1:24000
In the 1881 county history
968,817 words on this townshipThe county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Canton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Canton Township - 968,817 words.
Fires nearby
5 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Industrial Heights between 2005 and 2019, burning about 9 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15136 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 373 shownMuseums hold 373 specimens collected within 10 miles of Industrial Heights between 1836 and 1975: 319 Animalia, 43 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M. Rogers, Anson A. Hinkley, Antonio, T. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | unnamed | 1907 | Bruce Fink | |
![]() | Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872 | 1940 | not recorded | Navarre |
![]() | Pemphigus Hartig, 1839 | 1948 | C. Mohr | Massillon |
![]() | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | 1836 | Collector unknown | Canton |
![]() | Carex intumescens Rudge | 1836 | Collector unknown | Canton |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1875 | not recorded | No specific locality recorded. |
![]() | Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | not recorded | Canton |
![]() | Melospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
All 373 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 11 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Industrial Heights: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Coal, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Ohio Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Canton, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Sme Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| D and M Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Stark Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| American Sand & Gravel Plant #2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stark County Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stone Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stone Products Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Suzie Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Park | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gambrinus | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Banker Heights | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Orchard Heights | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| North Industry | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Waco | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Canton | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lincoln Heights | 2.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q122571870 | The 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 1057506. 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.




























