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Welshfield, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44021. It stands on Sawyer Brook. The Survey maps it on the Burton quadrangle. It stands 4,049 feet above sea level.

Welshfield within Geauga County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Welshfield, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Welshfield, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

4,670 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 Troy Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Troy Township - 4,670 words.

Fires nearby

2 since 2019

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Welshfield between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 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 burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15225
9 March 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15457

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geauga County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 555 shown

Museums hold 555 specimens collected within 10 miles of Welshfield between 1889 and 1975: 453 Animalia, 97 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Andre F. Clewell, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel 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 Medeola virginiana L.Medeola virginiana L.1895Watson,J.R. s.n. [1895-06-30][label: Herbarium of J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Geauga Co. [County]
Specimen of Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.1896Edo N. ClaassenThompson Ledges
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1889Collector(s): F. S. HaggartNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Asplenium pinnatifidum, not of this specimenAsplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.1890M. RodmanSugar Grove.
A photograph of the species Cypripedium reginae, not of this specimenCypripedium reginae Walter1896J. R. WatsonGeauga
A photograph of the species Stachys cordata, not of this specimenStachys cordata Riddell1896Guttenberg, G.Burton
A photograph of the species Sarracenia purpurea, not of this specimenSarracenia purpurea L.1897J. R. WatsonGeauga
A photograph of the species Dryopteris goldiana, not of this specimenDryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray1901Lewis Sylvester HopkinsOhio, Middlefield
A photograph of the species Dryopteris boottii, not of this specimenDryopteris × boottii (Tuck.) Underw.1906L. S. HopkinsMiddlefield
A photograph of the species Dryopteris cristata, not of this specimenDryopteris cristata x goldiana1907Hopkins, L.S.Middlefield
A photograph of the species Acronicta dactylina, not of this specimenAcronicta dactylina Grote, 18741908Teraguchi, S. (Sonja)OH Geauga Co. Troy Twp. Snow Lake
Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1911Hopkins, L.S.Burton

All 555 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Welshfield: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Haueter Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parkman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Parkman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Geauga County

Storms nearby

9 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Welshfield in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindWelshfield$35,000A thunderstorm downburst downed several trees and utility poles along State Route 700 near Welshfield.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWelshfield$10,000A wind gust was measured at 65 miles per hour. A tree fell on a barn in Bainbridge.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWelshfield$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWelshfield$4,000The Sheriff's office reported a tree down in both Troy Township and Parkman.
June 2006HailWelshfield$4,000Quarter size hail was observed.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWelshfield$4,000Thunderstorm winds downed two trees near Welshfield.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWelshfield-Several trees downed along U.S. Route 422, about one-mile ESE of Welshfield.
May 1997HailWelshfield-no account filed
July 1996HailWelshfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Geauga 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
Popes Corners1.6 miles14
Maple Grove2.0 miles13
Burton Lake3.7 miles14
Auburn Corners3.9 miles14
Parkman4.2 miles13
South Newbury5.0 miles14
Auburn Center5.5 miles14
Burton5.8 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on WelshfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7982047The 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 1061727. 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.