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

Wineland, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44804. The Survey maps it on the Arcadia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wineland within Hancock County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wineland (historical), surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Wineland (historical), surveyed 1903

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Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

8,052 words on this township

History of Hancock County [Ohio] from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Together with Remeiniscenses of Pioneer Life, Incidents, Statistical Tables, and Biographical Sketches, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Cass Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

In 1839 Mr. Karn married Miss Elizabeth Albertson, and commenced at once to make for himself a home. He cleared up t*vo farms, and by his industry and perseverance, succeeded in surrounding himself and family with the comforts of a beautiful home. Mr. K. had a family of eight children, all now living but one. Mrs. Karn died in May, 1880, after a long and useful life. Mr. Karn has the confi-

Passage source: History of Hancock County [Ohio] from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Together with Remeiniscenses of Pioneer Life, Incidents, Statistical Tables, and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.

Mr. Karn has always been a farmer, a progessive farmer, one whose experience and advice have been of advantage to his neighbors. For many years he has been an officer of 1;he Hancock County Agricultural Society. He was one of the very first members of this society at its organization in 1852, and has ever since lent his influence and aid to its building up, and its present success is largely due to his continual labors in its behalf He is now and has been for ibur years Vice President of the Society.

Was born in England, and came to this country in abont 1825, and settled in Wayne County, Ohio. In 1833, he made his way to this county, and commenced his labors on the farm now owned by his son James h.. No man in the township was more generally respected, than was Mr. Vickers. Conscientious, honest, temperate and hospitable, kind to all, a friend to the poor, and always ready to render assistance to the weary emigant. His house was the home of the Methodist itinerant, and here were held the services of the church, until a suitable building for the purpose was erected on his land. To the building of this house and the sustaining of the minister of the church, he was a liberal contributor. Mr. Vickers was a farmer, and by the aid of his good wife and his family, which was a large one, be always had an abundance. He died in 1867, lamented by the entire community. His wife survived him until 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Cass Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Fires near this place

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wineland (historical) between 2002 and 2002, burning about 0 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 burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 213 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 213 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wineland (historical) between 1883 and 1975: 202 Animalia, 11 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by CL & LC Hubbs, CLARENCE CLARK, Collector(s): David E. Ferguson 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Valsa nivea (Hoffm.) Fr.	1906	F. O. Grover	Near Black Swamp, Oberlin.
Notropis boops Gilbert, 1884	1883	Kirsch, P. H	Blanchard River, Findlay
Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846	1893	P. Kirsch	Blanchard River, Findlay, Ohio
Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802	1893	P. Kirsch	Blanchard River, Findley, Ohio
Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825)	1893	not recorded	Findlay, Blanchard River
Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc.	1919	Lewis H. L.	Findlay
Helminthosporium gramineum Rabenh. ex Schltdl.	1919	Lewis H. L.	Findlay
Helminthosporium sorokinianum Sacc.	1919	Lewis H. L.	Findlay
Puccinia graminis Pers.	1919	Lewis H. L.	Findlay
Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)	1925	CL & LC Hubbs	Eagle Creek, due S of Findlay; Maumee River drainage
Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867)	1925	CL & LC Hubbs	Eagle Creek, due S of Findlay; Maumee River drainage
Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819	1925	CL & LC Hubbs	Eagle Creek, due S of Findlay; Maumee River drainage

All 213 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cedar Tree Estates	3.0 miles	13
Mortimer	3.0 miles	13
Eastowne Estates	3.5 miles	12
Highland Estates	3.6 miles	13
Van Buren	3.6 miles	13
Chateau East	3.7 miles	12
Arcadia	4.0 miles	12
Findlay	5.4 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063619. 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.

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