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Wellan, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Reading Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43783. It stands on Somerset Creek. The Survey maps it on the Somerset quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wellan within Perry County

Then and now

1909 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wellan (historical), surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Wellan (historical), surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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 1883 county history

20,608 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Reading Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Reading Township - 20,608 words.

Fires nearby

18 since 2014

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wellan (historical) between 2014 and 2020, burning about 23 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
9 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5126
15 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4366
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15132
9 March 2020Debris and open burning1.4 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15487
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15486
31 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources716
22 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources810
22 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources503

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 248 shown

Museums hold 248 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wellan (historical) between 1891 and 1975: 190 Animalia, 35 Plantae, 20 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Black R. J., Buchanan, J. 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 Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Equisetum arvense L.Equisetum arvense L.1937Sharps, M.E.Rush Creek Twp.
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Puccinia schedonnardi, not of this specimenPuccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle1895W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Dicentra cucullaria, not of this specimenDicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.1900Williamson, E.B.New Salem
A photograph of the species Uromyces junci, not of this specimenUromyces junci Tul.1901W. A. KellermanJunction City
A photograph of the species Natrix kirtlandii, not of this specimenNatrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)1902Dilto, C. R.Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Puccinia muhlenbergiae, not of this specimenPuccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw.1902W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr.
Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary1903Black R. J.Bremen
A photograph of the species Endothia fluens, not of this specimenEndothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens1912Nixon E. L.Perry Co.
A photograph of the species Coleosporium carneum, not of this specimenColeosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1915G.G. HedgcockGainesville

All 248 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wellan (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Busse QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Junction City Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Rush Creek Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Rush Creek Clay Company PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Carthon2.2 miles13
Somerset2.2 miles11
New Reading3.0 miles11
Junction City3.9 miles13
Avlon4.5 miles13
Clarksville5.0 miles13
Wesley5.3 miles12
Mainsville5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1077378. 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.