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Wheeler, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44057. It sits by Madison Palisades. The Survey maps it on the Thompson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wheeler within Lake County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wheeler (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wheeler (historical), surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

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.

Fires nearby

1 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wheeler (historical) between 2002 and 2002, burning about 20 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
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
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 376 shown

Museums hold 376 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wheeler (historical) between 1885 and 1975: 284 Animalia, 47 Plantae, 35 Fungi, 10 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, A.W. Cusick; R.H.Guckert, Adams J. M. R. 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 Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Werner, Wm. C.Thompson
Specimen of Puccinia P.Micheli ex Haller, 1768Puccinia P.Micheli ex Haller, 17681894W. A. KellermanLane Avenue
Specimen of Puccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & SwinglePuccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle1895W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1885W. C. WernerThompson
A photograph of the species Peronospora corydalis, not of this specimenPeronospora corydalis de Bary1885Collector unspecifiedMadison
A photograph of the species Geranium molle, not of this specimenGeranium molle L.1886WernerLake Co., Painesville
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 17581887Zetlitz, A.Madison, Ohio
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1887Zetlitz, A.Madison, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893not recordedGrand River, Painsville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1893not recordedGrand River, Painsville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893A. WoolmanGrand River, Painsville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451893not recordedGrand River, Painsville, Ohio

All 376 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wheeler (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
R.W. Sidley Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
R.W. Sidley Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
South Madison0.6 miles14
Madison2.6 miles12
Genung Corners3.9 miles12
Unionville3.9 miles12
North Madison4.7 miles12
James Place5.1 miles12
Perry5.5 miles12
Breakman6.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067437. 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.