Wayne Lakes Park, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Neave Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45331. It stands on Prairie Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Greenville West quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 33 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
12 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greenville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Greenville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Greenville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
10,526 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Neave Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Neave Township - 10,526 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wayne Lakes Park between 2002 and 2002, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 405 shownMuseums hold 405 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wayne Lakes Park between 1838 and 1975: 375 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 10 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. F. C.; Stover, W. G., Albrecht, C. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) | 1942 | [Not Stated] | Greenville Creek, 2-6 miles southeast of Union City |
![]() | Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861) | 1969 | B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward | Baker's Motel, near Norwick |
![]() | Callitriche palustris L. | 1838 | Short, C.W. | Lexington, Kentucky. |
![]() | Peronospora destructor (Berk.) Casp. ex Berk. | 1883 | Collector unspecified | Ithaca |
![]() | Dispira americana Thaxt. | 1895 | Rush W. H. | Greenville |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township |
![]() | Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 1888 | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township |
![]() | Clitocybe multiceps Peck | 1906 | H.J. Brememan | Greenville |
![]() | Peziza vesiculosa Bull. | 1907 | Lucas, C | Greenville |
![]() | Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr. | 1909 | A. F. C.; Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
![]() | Clitocybe odora (Bull.) P.Kumm. | 1909 | Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
![]() | Panaeolus solidipes (Peck) Sacc. | 1909 | Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
All 405 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wayne Lakes Park: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Jefferson Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fort Jefferson Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Hollinger Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hollinger Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Slagle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Slagle Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Jefferson | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Weavers | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Savona | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Frys Corners | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hewitt | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Baker | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Beechgrove | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Clark | 3.4 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q49370549 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058107. 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.























