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

Wheelock, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Macedonia City. It lies in ZIP code area 44056. The Survey maps it on the Northfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wheelock within Summit County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wheelock (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wheelock (historical), surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 600 shown

Museums hold 600 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wheelock (historical) between 1877 and 1972: 580 Animalia, 11 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hall, Adams J. M. R., 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 Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1893C. RutterCuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio
Specimen of Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817)Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817)1928not recordedBrandywine Brook, Hudson, North America
A photograph of the species Empidonax flaviventris, not of this specimenEmpidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843)1877A. HallCuyahoga
A photograph of the species Buteo lineatus, not of this specimenButeo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788)1887B. SanfordHudson
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1889Reade M. C.Hudson
A photograph of the species Scolopax minor, not of this specimenScolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 17891892Beryl HodgeHudson
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893not recordedPeninsula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893WoolmanCuyahoga River, Peninsula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Percina caprodes, not of this specimenPercina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)1893not recordedPeninsula
A photograph of the species Onoclea sensibilis, not of this specimenOnoclea sensibilis L.1897Ashcroft, G.B.Western Reserve; Berea
A photograph of the species Xylaria polymorpha, not of this specimenXylaria polymorpha (Pers.) Grev.1897Read M.Hudson
A photograph of the species Pleurotus ostreatus, not of this specimenPleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm.1898Read, M. C.Hudson

All 600 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 Wheelock (historical): 3 past producers, 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
Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Silica, Incorporated QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Twinsburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Northfield0.6 miles15
Emmons Corner1.6 miles15
Macedonia2.2 miles15
Northfield Center2.4 miles15
Little York3.5 miles15
Sagamore Hills3.6 miles15
Chaffee (historical)3.9 miles15
Twinsburg Heights4.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067327. 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.

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.