Block
Riceland, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44667. The Survey maps it on the Orrville quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1901 USGS Wooster quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Wooster quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Wooster quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Orrville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Orrville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Orrville quadrangle1:24000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,134 shownMuseums hold 2,134 specimens collected within 10 miles of Riceland between 1877 and 1975: 1,748 Animalia, 197 Plantae, 150 Fungi, 38 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C ALLEN, A. D. Selby, A. E. Good 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) | 1930 | B. Montgomery & J. Houser | 2 miles northeast of Wooster |
 | Aster ciliolatus Lindl. | 1877 | Thorne, B.H. | Station Farm, Wooster |
 | Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1883 | Sterki, Victor | Burton City |
 | Anodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834) | 1883 | Sterki, Victor | Burton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to) |
 | Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1883 | Sterki, Victor | Burton City |
 | Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823) | 1883 | Sterki, Victor | Burton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to) |
 | Lasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829) | 1883 | Sterki, Victor | Burton City(ditch in) |
 | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1883 | Sterki, Victor | Burton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to) |
 | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1883 | Sterki, Victor | Burton City(ditch in), Newman Creek & Tuscarawas River(ditch to) |
 | Chelidon Forster, 1817 | 1889 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, USA |
 | Eupatorium sessilifolium L. | 1889 | Duvel, J.W.T | Fredericksburg |
 | Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
All 2,134 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riceland: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orrville Tile Co Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2024The National Weather Service names Riceland in 1 storm report between 2024 and 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Riceland | - | US-30 flooded, likely due to Sugar Creek overflowing its banks, near Kidron Road. Road was closed and impassable for a period of time. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines Estates | 0.1 miles | 15 | |
| McQuaid (historical) | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| East Union | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Orrville | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Wooster Rolling Wheels | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Dalton | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Kidron | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Auburn Estates | 4.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063402. 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.
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.