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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Plainsburg, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sugarcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44608. It stands on Weimers Hill. The Survey maps it on the Navarre quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Plainsburg within Stark County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Plainsburg (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Plainsburg (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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 2018

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Plainsburg (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 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

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
6 March 2018Debris and open burning1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11645
23 February 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15426

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 86 shown

Museums hold 86 specimens collected within 10 miles of Plainsburg (historical) between 1875 and 1975: 79 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Borror, D.J., Cooke W. B.; Cooke V. G. 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 Gloeosporium venetum Speg.Gloeosporium venetum Speg.1890J.T. Rice
Specimen of Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872Catocala flebilis Grote, 18721940not recordedNavarre
A photograph of the species Theliderma metanevra, not of this specimenTheliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)1875Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Epioblasma triquetra, not of this specimenEpioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Lampsilis cardium, not of this specimenLampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 18201895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City
A photograph of the species Pleurobema sintoxia, not of this specimenPleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)1895Sterki, VictorBeach City

All 86 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Plainsburg (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
County Line Sr 212 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Beach City1.4 miles18
Wilmot1.4 miles16
Cozy Acres1.7 miles16
Smoketown3.9 miles18
Brewster3.9 miles18
Park Heights3.9 miles18
Justus4.0 miles18
Harmon4.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063130. 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.