BlockRuggles, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ruggles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44851. The Survey maps it on the New London quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Ruggles
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Crittenden Farmlisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1908 USGS New London quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
13,412 words on this townshipA History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863 names this settlement in its chapter on Ruggles Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Aldrich Carver and family, consisting of three persons, settled in Ruggles, in 1825. Ilis was the fourth family then in the township. He had emigrated from Cayuga County, New York. Mr. Carver (to whom the editor of this work is indebted for much valuable information relating to the early history of this township) states that the township took its name from Alman Ruggles. He settled in Vermillion Township, Huron County, and became judge of the court. Before the organization of Ruggles, it was attached to New London.
Passage source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863.
James Poag settled in Clearcreek Township, in 1825, upon the land which is now the farm of James Heanst. About 1827 he purchased the farm in Ruggles, upon which his widow and son, Washington I. Poag, now reside in Ruggles Township. He died April 9, 1854, at the age of seventy-one years.
Passage source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863.
Bradford Sturtevant and family immigrated to Ruggles Township, in September, 1823; being the second pioneer of the township. He had removed to Medina County, from Connecticut, in 1816. The lands of the township, Mr. Sturtevant says, were monopolized by non-resident speculators - the principal land-owners being Joseph & Wakeman, of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Martha E., daughter of Bradford Sturtevant, was born 17th of May, 1825 - being the first white female child born in the township. She is now the wife of Rev. Horace Taylor, a missionary in Southern India.
Passage source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863.
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 Ruggles Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.
Fires near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ruggles in 2020, burning about 26 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 burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15782 |
| 7 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15841 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 101 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 101 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ruggles between 1905 and 1971: 70 Animalia, 26 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. S. Percival, David F. Van Haverbeke, Davis, H.A.; Davis, T. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cylindrosporium padi P.Karst. | 1905 | Fair D. R. | Ruggles |
| Septoria pyricola Desm. | 1905 | Fair D. R. | Ruggles | |
 | Sphaeropsis malorum (Berk.) Berk. | 1905 | Fair D. R. | Ruggles |
 | Amphiagrion saucium (Burmeister, 1839) | 1916 | not recorded | Sullivan |
 | Conocephalus attenuatus (Scudder, 1869) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Vermilion River, TR 608 RM 62.1, 1.14 miles west of Savannah OH, Clear Creek township |
 | Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Jerome Fork tributary, within Orange township, near Nankin, Orange township |
 | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Muddy Fork, (headwaters) Jackson township, near Polk, Jackson township |
| Boleosoma nigrum nigrum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township | |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Orange Creek, within Orange township, near Nankin, Orange township |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Orange Creek, within Orange township, near Nankin, Orange township |
 | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township |
 | Etheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1939 | Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township |
All 101 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ruggles: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Paving and Sealing Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Biglow | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruggles in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2023 | Flash Flood | Ruggles | 2 hurt, $400,000 | Widespread flash flooding with localized significant impacts across much of northwest and central Ashland County. More than one dozen reported road closures due to flooding of creeks, streams and rivers, with several inches to several feet of flowing water across roadways. Some major roadways closed by flooding include several portions of US-250, US-42, OH-56, OH-302, in addition to several township and county roadways. Four water rescues were reported across this area due to vehicles driving into flooded roadways. Township Road 1275 near the intersection of OH-89 in Perry Township was washed out due to flooding. A vehicle drove into the washed out culvert and two occupants needed to be rescued, and were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Radar estimated 2.75 to 3.5 inches of rainfall in a 3 hour period, with a bulk of the rain falling in a 90 minute or less period. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruggles | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew some shingles of a few homes. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruggles | $2,000 | A few large limbs were reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruggles | - | Numerous trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 224 and State Route 60. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herefork | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Nova | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Savannah | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bailey Lake | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sullivan | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Nankin | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Polk | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Paradise Hill | 11.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1080506. 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.
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.