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Roanoake, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44683. It stands on Little Stillwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Uhrichsville quadrangle.

Roanoake within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Roanoake, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Roanoake, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

29 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Roanoake between 2004 and 2020, burning about 49 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5305
9 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15776
3 May 2015Debris and open burning1.8 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1142
20 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4905
9 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15602
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15599
16 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4708

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 538 shown

Museums hold 538 specimens collected within 10 miles of Roanoake between 1851 and 1973: 401 Animalia, 94 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cobula, A. Perry, Allen, John 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 Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 18951894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896Pisidium fallax Sterki, 18961894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 18581895G. Marstonfrom spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki)
A photograph of the species Amelanchier arborea, not of this specimenAmelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Anemone canadensis, not of this specimenAnemone canadensis L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Cardamine douglassii, not of this specimenCardamine douglassii Britton1851Wolle, J.Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Conopholis americana, not of this specimenConopholis americana (L.) Wallr.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover?]
A photograph of the species Delphinium tricorne, not of this specimenDelphinium tricorne Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1851Wolle, J.Canal Dover
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Tuscarawa City
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum virginianum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum virginianum L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Silene virginica, not of this specimenSilene virginica L.1851Wolle, J.Canal Downs [Canal Dover]

All 538 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Roanoake: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Plant Number 5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Urichsville PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Midvale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stewart and Reichman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast Producer
Evans Clay Products, Inc. MillClayPast Producer
Evans Farm PitClayProducer
Fox Valley Mining Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Fox Valley Mining Co. PitClayPast Producer
L and M Mineral Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Eastport1.1 miles16
Uhrichsville1.2 miles16
Three Legs Town (historical)1.5 miles16
Dennison1.5 miles16
Midvale2.2 miles16
Royal Lane Park2.2 miles15
Barnhill2.8 miles16
Tuscarawas3.1 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122564666The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049125. 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.