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

Ruggles, 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.

Ruggles within Ashland County

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ruggles, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ruggles, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 2020

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ruggles between 2020 and 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 burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15782
7 October 2020Debris and open burning20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15841

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 101 shown

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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Cylindrosporium padi, not of this specimenCylindrosporium padi P.Karst.1905Fair D. R.Ruggles
Septoria pyricola Desm.1905Fair D. R.Ruggles
A photograph of the species Sphaeropsis malorum, not of this specimenSphaeropsis malorum (Berk.) Berk.1905Fair D. R.Ruggles
A photograph of the species Amphiagrion saucium, not of this specimenAmphiagrion saucium (Burmeister, 1839)1916not recordedSullivan
A photograph of the species Conocephalus attenuatus, not of this specimenConocephalus attenuatus (Scudder, 1869)1925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Vermilion River, TR 608 RM 62.1, 1.14 miles west of Savannah OH, Clear Creek township
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Jerome Fork tributary, within Orange township, near Nankin, Orange township
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Muddy Fork, (headwaters) Jackson township, near Polk, Jackson township
A photograph of the species Boleosoma nigrum, not of this specimenBoleosoma nigrum nigrum (Rafinesque, 1820)1939Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten)Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1939Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten)Orange Creek, within Orange township, near Nankin, Orange township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1939Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten)Orange Creek, within Orange township, near Nankin, Orange township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651939Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten)Vermilion River, within Ruggles township, near Savannah OH, Ruggles Township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 18191939Trautman, 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 nearby

2 within 5 miles

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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Acme Paving and Sealing Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BiglowClayProducer

Every working recorded in Ashland County

Storms nearby

4 since 2005

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Flash FloodRuggles2 hurt, $400,000Widespread 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 2013Thunderstorm WindRuggles$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew some shingles of a few homes.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRuggles$2,000A few large limbs were reported down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRuggles-Numerous trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 224 and State Route 60.

Every storm recorded in Ashland 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
Herefork2.1 miles12
Nova4.7 miles11
Savannah4.7 miles16
Bailey Lake6.0 miles16
Sullivan9.0 miles12
Nankin9.5 miles16
Polk11.1 miles12
Paradise Hill11.3 miles14

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.