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Middlebranch, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Plain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44721. The Survey maps it on the Hartville quadrangle.

Middlebranch 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 Middlebranch, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Middlebranch, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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

1,386 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 Plain Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Plain Township - 1,386 words.

Fires nearby

3 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Middlebranch between 2002 and 2005, burning about 30 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 burning2
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
2 April 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 April 2005Debris and open burning30 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 October 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 307 shown

Museums hold 307 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middlebranch between 1836 and 1975: 245 Animalia, 50 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. W. Cusick, A.M. Rogers, Allen, John 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 unnamed1907Bruce Fink
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

All 307 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Middlebranch: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
East Ohio Limestone Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
East Ohio QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Columbus Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Diano Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Diano Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Greensburg Sand & Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

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
Oval City0.4 miles19
Diamond (historical)0.8 miles19
Cairo2.0 miles19
Willow Brook Heights2.5 miles17
Midway3.5 miles19
Pleasant View Village3.8 miles17
The Knolls3.9 miles17
North Canton4.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057844. 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.