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Monterey Heights, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44718. The Survey maps it on the Canton West quadrangle.

Monterey Heights 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 Monterey Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Monterey Heights, 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.

Fires nearby

1 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Monterey Heights between 2005 and 2005, burning about 8 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 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
13 April 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 437 shown

Museums hold 437 specimens collected within 10 miles of Monterey Heights between 1836 and 1975: 375 Animalia, 48 Plantae, 8 Unrecorded, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. W. Cusick, A.M. Rogers, Anson A. Hinkley 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
Specimen of Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872Catocala flebilis Grote, 18721940not recordedNavarre
Specimen of Pemphigus Hartig, 1839Pemphigus Hartig, 18391948C. MohrMassillon
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

All 437 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 19 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Monterey Heights: 10 producers, 7 past producers, 2 plants. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Iron, Clay. 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
Canton Ohio Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Canton, OhioIronProducer
Stark County MinesClayProducer
Aj Diana Sons Inc Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
American Sand & Gravel Plant #2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Central Allied Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Central Allied Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Diana Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Sweetbriar0.5 miles17
Ridgedale0.9 miles17
Hills and Dales1.0 miles17
Belvidere1.0 miles17
Avondale1.1 miles17
Lakeside Heights1.2 miles17
Lake View Heights1.4 miles17
Whipple Heights1.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057515. 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.