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Subrosa, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44454. It stands on Harman Run. The Survey maps it on the New Middletown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Subrosa within Mahoning County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Subrosa (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Subrosa (historical), surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed 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 near this place

10 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Subrosa (historical) between 2013 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionMCCLAIN ROAD
21 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionENON RD
16 April 2016Debris and open burning30 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionBESSEMER
29 March 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionMAHONING SPORTSMAN CLUB
26 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionEAST POLAND AVENUE
24 March 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionMORAVIA ROAD
24 March 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionCRUM RAOD
20 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionSTATE LINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahoning County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 316 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 316 specimens collected within 10 miles of Subrosa (historical) between 1853 and 1973: 163 Animalia, 152 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Baird, S. F., Baird, SF, Baird, Spencer Fullerton 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 Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850Cottus bairdii Girard, 18501853S. BairdYellow Creek, Poland Ohio.
Specimen of Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Shafer, J.A.Petersburg
Specimen of Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1891W. H. OlneyPoland
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1853not recordedPoland, Yellow Creek
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651853S. BairdYellow Creek, Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma camurum, not of this specimenEtheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870)1853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 18191853C. KirtlandYellow Creek, Poland Ohio.
A photograph of the species Etheostoma maculatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 18401853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma zonale, not of this specimenEtheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)1853S. BairdYellow Creek Poland, Ohio

All 316 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Subrosa (historical): 15 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Clay, Coal. 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
Bessemer Cement CoStonePast Producer
Dillon PitClay, CoalProducer
Honeycreek Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lipp PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Midland Quarry and MillClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcquiston Coal Co. MineClayPast Producer
Midland QuarryClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Thompson MineClayProducer
Whippo Number 26 PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Whippo Number 26 PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mahoning 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
New Middletown1.5 miles16
Petersburg2.2 miles16
Ginger Hill2.5 miles16
Meadowood2.6 miles16
New Springfield3.9 miles16
Smith Corners4.0 miles16
Morgantown5.2 miles17
Five Points5.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067467. 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.