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Wesley, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hopewell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43746. The Survey maps it on the Gratiot quadrangle.

Wesley within Muskingum County

Then and now

1910 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wesley, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Wesley, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed 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 county-history sources

10,473 words on this township

1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882; History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882; Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio; Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the County and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy Families and Individuals, published 1892 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Hopewell Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hopewell Township - 10,473 words.

Fires near this place

17 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Wesley between 2012 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 July 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15769
2 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12325
19 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12326
12 April 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7908
30 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources605
30 March 2015Debris and open burning20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources664
22 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources665
15 March 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources10205

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 229 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 229 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wesley between 1873 and 1974: 184 Animalia, 29 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Bogue, E.E., Buker, W. 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 Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.1893Jones, H.L.Toboso
Specimen of Mesolobus Dunbar & Condra, 1932Mesolobus Dunbar & Condra, 1932 (fossil)1916Wilber StoutVanport. Hopewell Township
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1873W. M. CanbyZanesville.
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. WernerFultonham
A photograph of the species Lycogala exiguum, not of this specimenLycogala exiguum Morgan, 18931893Morgan A.P.Preston
A photograph of the species Cladonia symphycarpa, not of this specimenCladonia symphycarpa (Ehrh. ex Schrad.) Fr.1894Bogue, E.E.Black Hand
A photograph of the species Lysimachia quadriflora, not of this specimenLysimachia quadriflora Sims1894Moseley, E.L.Licking Gorge
A photograph of the species Smilax herbacea, not of this specimenSmilax herbacea L.1894Moseley, E.L.Licking Gorge
A photograph of the species Gyromitra brunnea, not of this specimenGyromitra brunnea Underw.1909Moore S. R.Zanesville
A photograph of the species Davainea Blanchard, not of this specimenDavainea Blanchard, 18911912E. GayJanesville
Aglaostigma Kirby, 18821920A.E. Miller
Macrophya Dahlbom, 18351920A.E. Miller

All 229 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wesley: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Brookville UnderclayTitanium, Silica, Iron, AluminumOccurrence1850

Every working recorded in Muskingum 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
Opera (historical)1.3 miles12
Hopewell2.1 miles12
Mount Sterling2.6 miles12
Meadow Farm3.8 miles13
Fultonham5.1 miles12
White Cottage5.5 miles13
Roberts5.6 miles13
Fairview5.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063085. 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.