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Middleton, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Fairfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44408. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle.

Middleton within Columbiana County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Middleton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Middleton, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 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 county-history sources

5,192 words on this township

History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Fairfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Near Middleton, Henry Dixson owned a tract of land upon which settled his sons-in-law, John Woods and John Cope; and in the same neighborhood, John Allman lived as early as 1802. His death occurred in 1811, and was one of the first deaths among the adults of the township.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

A few years later Joab Pritchett settled on the same section, No. 25, and lived there until his death, in 1851. He came from New Jersey, and had then a son, John, who lives in Wayne County. A son born in Fairfield, Joseph, is now a citizen of Middleton.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Fairfield Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Fires near this place

17 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 2004 and 2020, burning about 25 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
3 June 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5006
29 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1741
9 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources866
12 April 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 587 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 587 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middleton between 1882 and 1975: 292 Animalia, 266 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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 Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
Specimen of Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) MurrillIrpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill1917OverholtsW. Elkton
A photograph of the species Solanum dulcamara, not of this specimenSolanum dulcamara L.1882Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Equisetum hyemale, not of this specimenEquisetum hyemale subsp. affine (A.Braun & Engelm.) A.A.Eaton1883Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Levisticum officinale, not of this specimenLevisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch1883Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1884Shafer, J.A.Near Petersburg Cemetery
A photograph of the species Armoracia rusticana, not of this specimenArmoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1884Shafer, J.A.Wm. Hills place near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Botrychium dissectum, not of this specimenBotrychium dissectum Spreng.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Chelone glabra, not of this specimenChelone glabra L.1884Shafer, J.A.near Petersburg
A photograph of the species Clematis virginiana, not of this specimenClematis virginiana L.1884Shafer, J.A.Petersburg

All 587 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Middleton: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Chromium. 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
Kaiser Aluminum/ Columbiana, OhioChromiumProducer
Kaiser RefractoriesManganesePast Producer
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Coppock Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana County

Storms near this place

7 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleton in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddleton$10,000A trained spotter reported that many snapped and uprooted trees were observed between New Waterford and Rogers.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddleton$5,000A trained spotter stated that numerous trees were uprooted across their property. The time of occurrence was estimated based on radar.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMiddleton$5,000Local 911 reported trees down in Fairfield Township.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddleton$1,000A large tree was reported to be downed on County Road 558.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Middleton-The public reported trees down near Salem, OH.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddleton-Local police reported trees down at this time.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddleton-The Department of Highways reported trees down along Route 558.

Every storm recorded in Columbiana 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
East Fairfield1.7 miles15
New Waterford1.9 miles17
Signal3.1 miles15
Rogers3.8 miles15
Columbiana3.8 miles17
Southern Terrace Park4.1 miles17
Mill Rock4.4 miles17
Newhouse (historical)4.5 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on MiddletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133970The 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 1061517. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.