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Waco, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Canton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44707. The Survey maps it on the Canton East quadrangle.

Waco within Stark County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waco, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Waco, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 1881 county history

968,817 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Canton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Canton Township - 968,817 words.

Fires nearby

2 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Waco between 2005 and 2019, burning about 6 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 burning2

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
10 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15136

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 344 shown

Museums hold 344 specimens collected within 10 miles of Waco between 1836 and 1975: 292 Animalia, 41 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M. Rogers, Anson A. Hinkley, Antonio, T. 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 unnamed1907Bruce Fink
Specimen of Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872Catocala flebilis Grote, 18721940not recordedNavarre
Specimen of Pemphigus Hartig, 1839Pemphigus Hartig, 18391948C. MohrMassillon
A photograph of the species Carex granularis, not of this specimenCarex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Carex intumescens, not of this specimenCarex intumescens Rudge1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1875not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Archilochus colubris, not of this specimenArchilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Hylocichla mustelina, not of this specimenHylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1885not recordedCanton
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Molothrus ater, not of this specimenMolothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1885Bulley, R. HCanton

All 344 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 18 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Waco: 10 past producers, 7 producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Coal, Sulfur. 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
Canton Ohio Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Canton, OhioIronProducer
Sme QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stark PitClay, CoalProducer
D and M PitClay, CoalPast Producer
Stark PitClay, CoalPast Producer
American Sand & Gravel Plant #2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Columbus Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Diano Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Diano Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stark County

Storms nearby

4 since 2001

The National Weather Service names Waco in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWaco$150,000A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Stark County and downed dozens of trees and large limbs. A 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated in Waco at 6:31 p.m.
April 2001HailWaco$50,000Golf ball size hail was reported. Many cars were damaged.
June 2020FloodWaco-After receiving 1.85 of rain from thunderstorms, nuisance flooding developed across Stark County mainly in City of Canton. Some road closures include Belvidere or Avondale.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWaco-A 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured.

Every storm recorded in Stark 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
Orchard Heights0.5 miles17
East Orchard0.5 miles17
Moreland1.0 miles17
Clear View Heights1.0 miles17
Thunderbird Terrace1.9 miles17
Industrial Heights2.2 miles17
Canton2.2 miles17
Crystal Park2.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049284. 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.