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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.

Wayne Lakes Park within Darke County

Then and now

1953 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Wayne Lakes Park, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wayne Lakes Park, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 1880 county history

10,526 words on this township

The 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 2002

The 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 use1

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
2 November 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Darke County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 405 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)1942[Not Stated]Greenville Creek, 2-6 miles southeast of Union City
Specimen of Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)1969B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. AlwardBaker's Motel, near Norwick
A photograph of the species Callitriche palustris, not of this specimenCallitriche palustris L.1838Short, C.W.Lexington, Kentucky.
A photograph of the species Peronospora destructor, not of this specimenPeronospora destructor (Berk.) Casp. ex Berk.1883Collector unspecifiedIthaca
A photograph of the species Dispira americana, not of this specimenDispira americana Thaxt.1895Rush W. H.Greenville
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451905Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma microperca, not of this specimenEtheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 18881905Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
A photograph of the species Clitocybe multiceps, not of this specimenClitocybe multiceps Peck1906H.J. BrememanGreenville
A photograph of the species Peziza vesiculosa, not of this specimenPeziza vesiculosa Bull.1907Lucas, CGreenville
A photograph of the species Amanita phalloides, not of this specimenAmanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr.1909A. F. C.; Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Clitocybe odora, not of this specimenClitocybe odora (Bull.) P.Kumm.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Panaeolus solidipes, not of this specimenPanaeolus solidipes (Peck) Sacc.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville

All 405 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort Jefferson QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Fort Jefferson Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Hollinger Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hollinger Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slagle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Slagle Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Darke 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
Fort Jefferson0.4 miles12
Weavers0.9 miles12
Savona2.3 miles9
Frys Corners2.4 miles12
Hewitt2.6 miles9
Baker3.1 miles12
Beechgrove3.4 miles8
Clark3.4 miles12

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 Q49370549The 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.