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Scroggsfield, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Fox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44615. It stands on Hazel Run. The Survey maps it on the Bergholz quadrangle.

Scroggsfield within Carroll County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scroggsfield, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Scroggsfield, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

18 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Scroggsfield between 2005 and 2020, burning about 40 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
27 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15271
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8745
27 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5385
20 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15787
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesRAVEN ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 291 shown

Museums hold 291 specimens collected within 10 miles of Scroggsfield between 1896 and 1975: 190 Animalia, 98 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.W. Cusick, Allen, E. J., Ash, G. (Gail), Buchanan, F. W. (Forrest W.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) 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 Puccinia monardae J.W.BaxterPuccinia monardae J.W.Baxter1896AshcraftNear Middleburg
A photograph of the species Xylaria cubensis, not of this specimenXylaria cubensis (Mont.) Fr.1924Leonard E. C.Indian Lake
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Indian Fork, Monroe Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea longicauda, not of this specimenEurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Hemidactylium scutatum, not of this specimenHemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Carroll Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon glutinosus, not of this specimenPlethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Plethodon richmondi, not of this specimenPlethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 19381930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pseudacris crucifer, not of this specimenPseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
Pseudotriton ruber ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Harlem Springs, Lee Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio

All 291 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Scroggsfield: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous, Iron. 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
I J Smith ProspectIronOccurrence
Puskarich Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, BituminousProducer
Puskarick Limestone Div. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms nearby

6 since 2010

The National Weather Service names Scroggsfield in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Scroggsfield$50,000An EF1 tornado was confirmed by a NWS storm survey with a maximum wind speed of 90 MPH. A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado that touched down 10.5 miles east of Carrollton in eastern Carroll county for almost a mile and one half and exited Carroll county just north of the intersection of of Township Highway 317 and SR 164 around 1701EST. The tornado continued into northwest Jefferson county before dissipating around 1705EST 4 miles northeast of Bergholz with a total path length of approximately 4 miles. The maximum width was about 300 yds. The tornado was EF1 in both counties with trees toppled or snapped. Structural damage included a porch roof, shingles off roofs, broken windows and siding torn off homes. A chimney was knocked down and numerous outbuildings suffered roof or wall damage. A large tree also fell on a mobile home.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindScroggsfield$25,000Emergency management reported trees down south of Mechanicstown.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindScroggsfield$8,000A roof was blown off a barn along Avon Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindScroggsfield$3,000Trees were reported down on SR 164.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindScroggsfield$1,000Law enforcement reported trees down on Apollo Road.
April 2013HailScroggsfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Wattsville1.5 miles15
Mechanicstown2.9 miles15
Washington Hall4.4 miles16
Eckley4.5 miles16
Harlem Springs4.5 miles16
Pine Hill5.0 miles13
Pigtown5.0 miles16
Specht5.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049162. 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.