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Midway, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44632. The Survey maps it on the Hartville quadrangle.

Midway 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 Midway, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Midway, 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.

Fires nearby

2 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2002 and 2002, burning about 0 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
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
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 191 shown

Museums hold 191 specimens collected within 10 miles of Midway between 1875 and 1975: 155 Animalia, 29 Plantae, 4 Unrecorded, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. W. Cusick, Allen, John, 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
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1875not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Drummondia prorepens, not of this specimenDrummondia prorepens (Hedw.) E.Britton1886not recorded
A photograph of the species Entodon seductrix, not of this specimenEntodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.1886not recorded
A photograph of the species Lobaria pulmonaria, not of this specimenLobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.1886J. B. Hatcher
A photograph of the species Ricasolia quercizans, not of this specimenRicasolia quercizans (Michx.) Stizenb.1886J. B. Hatcher
A photograph of the species Geum aleppicum, not of this specimenGeum aleppicum Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Geum canadense, not of this specimenGeum canadense Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Agrimonia gryposepala, not of this specimenAgrimonia gryposepala Wallr.1889ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1890Sterki, VictorCanton
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1890Sterki, VictorCanton
A photograph of the species Cambarunio iris, not of this specimenCambarunio iris (I.Lea, 1829)1890Sterki, VictorCanton
A photograph of the species Strophitus undulatus, not of this specimenStrophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)1890Sterki, VictorCanton

All 191 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 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
Hartville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Stark PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Uniontown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Uniontown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Hartville1.6 miles19
Congress Lake (historical)2.6 miles19
Diamond (historical)2.8 miles19
Cairo2.8 miles19
Oval City3.1 miles19
Middlebranch3.5 miles19
Greentown3.6 miles17
Mount Pleasant4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065783. 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.