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.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 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.
- 1903 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000
In the 1861 county history
4,481 words on this townshipThe 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 2009The 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 306 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | not recorded | |
![]() | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1894 | Watson, J.R. | Medina Co. |
![]() | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
![]() | Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | unknown | Medina |
![]() | Halictus confusus confusus | 1885 | H. E. Summers | Medina |
![]() | Plantago cordata Lam. | 1891 | F. E. Lloyd | Selsville, north of Columbus |
![]() | Mougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Plum Creek |
![]() | Culicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Hinea Townsend, 1916 | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. | 1898 | Illegible collector name | Medina |
![]() | Quiscalus quiscula versicolor Vieillot, 1819 | 1899 | A. Roberts | |
![]() | Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 1900 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Medina |
All 306 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Center Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Koontz Sandstone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Koontz Ss Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Piqua Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
8 since 1998The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed at least two dozen trees. Several homes were damaged by fallen trees. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Sharon Township. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along State Route 94 in Sharon Township. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed three trees. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $4,000 | Ohio Department of Transportation reported trees uprooted north of Wadsworth. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were downed in Sharon Township. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Center | - | Several trees downed in Sharon Center. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Sharon Center | - | Nickel to quarter-size hail at Northside Christian Church, located about three miles north of Wadsworth. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boneta | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Youngs Corners | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Coddingville | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Clark Corners | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Windfall | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Granger | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| River Styx | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Poe | 4.8 miles | 15 |
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.





























