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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

West Shore Cottage Area, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mifflin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44843. The Survey maps it on the Lucas quadrangle.

West Shore Cottage Area within Richland County

Then and now

1912 to 1994

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 West Shore Cottage Area, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of West Shore Cottage Area, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

10,237 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 Mifflin Township covers location, organization and boindary, physical features, crawford's march, home of the red men indian relics, etc, settlers and settlements, daniel hoover and his bear stories.

Read the chapter on Mifflin Township - 10,237 words.

Fires nearby

2 since 2013

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of West Shore Cottage Area between 2013 and 2018, burning about 2 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 burning2

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
5 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13546
19 January 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 683 shown

Museums hold 683 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Shore Cottage Area between 1835 and 1975: 482 Plantae, 194 Animalia, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Berra, T. (Tim), C F WALKER, Chase, H. (Hazel) 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 Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1892not recordedMansfield
Specimen of Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein, 1798)Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein, 1798)1892not recordedMansfield
Specimen of Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C.PreslAthyrium angustum (Willd.) C.Presl1895Wilkinson, E.Mansfield.
A photograph of the species Alisma subcordatum, not of this specimenAlisma subcordatum Raf.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Carex scoparia, not of this specimenCarex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Carex stricta, not of this specimenCarex stricta Lam.1835Herb. of E. WilkinsonMansfield
A photograph of the species Erigeron bellidifolius, not of this specimenErigeron bellidifolius Muhl. ex Willd.1835Wilkinson,E. 5229[USA, Ohio] Mansfield, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Penthorum sedoides, not of this specimenPenthorum sedoides L.1835E. WilkinsonMansfield
A photograph of the species Verbascum thapsus, not of this specimenVerbascum thapsus L.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Angelica atropurpurea, not of this specimenAngelica atropurpurea L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield

All 683 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of West Shore Cottage Area: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. 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
Bolin and Son Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bolin and Son Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lucas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lucas Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Weber MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Crimson1.0 miles13
Sites Lake Cottage Area2.3 miles14
Culler Mill3.5 miles13
Lucas3.6 miles13
Melco3.6 miles13
Coulter4.2 miles13
Pinhook4.5 miles13
Wooster Heights4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1960698. 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.