BlockPittsfield, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pittsfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44090. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,777 words on this townshipHistory of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Pittsfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
BouNBED upon the iiortli by Russia, east by La Grange, soiitb by Wellington, and west by Camden, lies Pittsfield, township number four, in range eighteen. Its surface, except in the northwestern part, where it is almost a perfect level, varies from the gently undulating to the moderately uneven. The soil is jirincipally a soft clay, though a clay loam is found in many places, and occasionally, in the northwestern quarter particularly, there a]ipears sandy and gravely loam. A very good article of sandstone appears in the Ited of a small creek, half a mile west of the center, and the same geological formation is observable in lot twenty-one, in the northeastern portion of the township. The stoue comes to the surface in tiie latter place, rendering quarrying practicable. This industry, by the way, has been for some time carried on in a small way, though large enough to meet all demands, by V. McRoberts.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
The original owners of Pittsfield, with the number of lots they possessed, were the following: Elisha Tracey, seventy-five lots; Lewis Devotion, twenty lots; Joseph Barnham, nine lots; Richard MeCurdy, twenty-one lots; Samuel Dorrence, twelve lots, Wm. Perkins, thirteen lots; John McClellan, four lots; and J. Ward, six lots - whole number of lots in the township, one hundred and sixty.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
In 1819, when the townshi]) was surveyed into lots and divided between the purciiasers, Milton Whitney became a large owner. He came from the east in the following year, made an examination of his land, and induced a couple of enterprising young men to settle upon it. Tiiomas Waite, of New York State, originally settled in Amherst township, but, after a short sta}', removed into Russia. His sons, Jerry and Thomas, were the first men who went into Pittsfield with the intention of permanent residence. Milton Whitnev gave each of them fifty acres of land in lot one hundred and seven, and they took up their abode upon it in the spring of 1821. Jerry Waite died iu early life. Thomas Waite is in his seventy-eiglith year, and resides upon almost the exact site of the rude log cabin which he erected half a century ago.
Passage source: History of Lorain 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 Pittsfield Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,779 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,779 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pittsfield between 1852 and 1975: 956 Animalia, 572 Fungi, 219 Plantae, 13 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 6 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Recksecker, A. E. Ricksecker, A. M. Evans 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cantharellus minor Peck | 1896 | F.D. Kelsey | Near Oberlin |
 | Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr. | 1896 | Kelsey, Francis Duncan | Kipton |
 | Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt | 1899 | Ricksecker, A.E. | Wood 4 miles south of Oberlin. |
 | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1852 | Drège | |
| Uncinula flexuosa Peck | 1872 | F.D. Kelsey | Oberlin | |
 | Parus bicolor Linnaeus, 1766 | 1874 | Woods, N. W. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
 | Agrostemma githago L. | 1885 | Harper, R.A. | Oberlin |
 | Cercospora incarnata Henn. | 1885 | F. D. Kelsey | |
 | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1885 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
 | Dendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1885 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
 | Medeola virginiana L. | 1885 | Harper, R.A. | Oberlin |
 | Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link | 1885 | Harper, R.A. | Oberlin |
All 1,779 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsfield in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsfield | $15,000 | A thunderstorm downburst with winds estimated to be at least 60 mph snapped several large trees. Shingles on a nearby home were torn off and a flag pole was also toppled. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Pittsfield | - | Strong thunderstorms with hail and heavy rain moved over Lorain County. The town of Pittsfield had high water on several roads most notably Quarry Road and Russia Road where depths were near waist deep in spots. Doppler Radar estimated over 2.5 in this area over 2 hours. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiperd Circle | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Nickelplate (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Robin Park | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Oberlin | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pheasant Run Village | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Camden | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wellington | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kipton | 4.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061546. 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.
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.
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.