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.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed 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.
- 1907 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS New Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS New Middletown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2013Regional 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 burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | MCCLAIN ROAD |
| 21 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | ENON RD |
| 16 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | BESSEMER |
| 29 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | MAHONING SPORTSMAN CLUB |
| 26 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | EAST POLAND AVENUE |
| 24 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | MORAVIA ROAD |
| 24 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | CRUM RAOD |
| 20 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | STATE LINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 316 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | Petersburg |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1891 | W. H. Olney | Poland |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1853 | not recorded | Poland, Yellow Creek |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek, Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | C. Kirtland | Yellow Creek, Poland Ohio. |
![]() | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1853 | S. Baird | Yellow Creek Poland, Ohio |
All 316 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer Cement Co | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dillon Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Honeycreek Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lipp Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Midland Quarry and Mill | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcquiston Coal Co. Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Midland Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Thompson Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Whippo Number 26 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Whippo Number 26 Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Middletown | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Petersburg | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ginger Hill | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Meadowood | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| New Springfield | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Smith Corners | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Morgantown | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Five Points | 5.4 miles | 17 |
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.




















