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

Marks, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Osnaburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44730. The Survey maps it on the Canton East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Marks within Stark County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Marks (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Marks (historical), surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 1881 county history

839 words on this township

The 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 Osnaburg Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Osnaburg Township - 839 words.

Fires nearby

6 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Marks (historical) between 2005 and 2019, burning about 14 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2014Debris and open burning4.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources885
26 March 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15136

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 342 shown

Museums hold 342 specimens collected within 10 miles of Marks (historical) between 1836 and 1975: 301 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Carex granularis, not of this specimenCarex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Carex intumescens, not of this specimenCarex intumescens Rudge1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1875not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Archilochus colubris, not of this specimenArchilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Hylocichla mustelina, not of this specimenHylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1885not recordedCanton
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Molothrus ater, not of this specimenMolothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Picoides pubescens, not of this specimenPicoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Pooecetes gramineus, not of this specimenPooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Regulus satrapa, not of this specimenRegulus satrapa satrapa Lichtenstein, 18231885Bulley, R. HCanton

All 342 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Marks (historical): 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Coal, 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
Stark PitClay, CoalProducer
Stone Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
D and M PitClay, CoalPast Producer
Stark PitClay, CoalPast Producer
D and M Clay and Shale PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Motts and Dehoff PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Motts and Dehoff PitClayPast Producer
Stark Ceramics, Incorporated PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Suzie Strip MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Suzie Strip Mine Clay and Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stark 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
Mapleton1.8 miles16
Hardscrabble (historical)2.0 miles17
East Canton2.3 miles17
Thunderbird Terrace2.5 miles17
Moreland3.1 miles17
Clear View Heights3.7 miles17
Orchard Heights3.8 miles17
East Orchard4.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057676. 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.