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Sharon Center, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sharon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44281. The Survey maps it on the Wadsworth quadrangle.

Sharon Center within Medina County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sharon Center, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sharon Center, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

In the 1861 county history

4,481 words on this township

The county history of 1861 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Sharon Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Sharon Township - 4,481 words.

Fires nearby

1 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sharon Center between 2009 and 2009, burning about 0 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

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
29 November 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Medina County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 306 shown

Museums hold 306 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sharon Center between 1884 and 1975: 270 Animalia, 29 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Roberts, Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] 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 Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1890not recorded
Specimen of Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) LinkCamptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link1894Watson, J.R.Medina Co.
Specimen of Aquilegia canadensis L.Aquilegia canadensis L.1897Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05][label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio]
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger Linnaeus, 17581884unknownMedina
A photograph of the species Halictus confusus, not of this specimenHalictus confusus confusus1885H. E. SummersMedina
A photograph of the species Plantago cordata, not of this specimenPlantago cordata Lam.1891F. E. LloydSelsville, north of Columbus
A photograph of the species Mougeotia genuflexa, not of this specimenMougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh1896F. D. KelseyPlum Creek
A photograph of the species Culicoides guttipennis, not of this specimenCulicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901)1897J. HineMedina
Specimen of Hinea Townsend, 1916Hinea Townsend, 19161897J. HineMedina
A photograph of the species Aplectrum hyemale, not of this specimenAplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.1898Illegible collector nameMedina
A photograph of the species Quiscalus quiscula, not of this specimenQuiscalus quiscula versicolor Vieillot, 18191899A. Roberts
Specimen of Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 1900Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 19001899[Not Stated]Medina

All 306 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sharon Center: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sharon Center PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Koontz Sandstone CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Koontz Ss PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piqua QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Medina County

Storms nearby

8 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Sharon Center in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSharon Center$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed at least two dozen trees. Several homes were damaged by fallen trees.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSharon Center$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Sharon Township.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSharon Center$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along State Route 94 in Sharon Township.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindSharon Center$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed three trees.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindSharon Center$4,000Ohio Department of Transportation reported trees uprooted north of Wadsworth.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSharon Center$3,000Trees and power lines were downed in Sharon Township.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSharon Center-Several trees downed in Sharon Center.
June 2020HailSharon Center-Nickel to quarter-size hail at Northside Christian Church, located about three miles north of Wadsworth.

Every storm recorded in Medina 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
Boneta2.1 miles15
Youngs Corners2.5 miles21
Coddingville3.0 miles21
Clark Corners3.1 miles18
Windfall3.7 miles13
Granger3.9 miles21
River Styx4.5 miles15
Poe4.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065310. 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.