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Winklepleck Grove, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44681. It stands on East Branch South Fork Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Strasburg quadrangle.

Winklepleck Grove within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Winklepleck Grove, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Winklepleck Grove, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 1884 county history

4,392 words on this township

The county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Sugar Creek Township covers name and erection, magistrates, boundaries, war of 1812, pioneers - mi l ls, schools.

Read the chapter on Sugar Creek Township - 4,392 words.

Fires nearby

8 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Winklepleck Grove between 2009 and 2018, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism2

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
27 July 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5265
19 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources806
6 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10525
24 March 2009Arson/incendiarism10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources464
25 November 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2609
18 November 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2608

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 351 shown

Museums hold 351 specimens collected within 10 miles of Winklepleck Grove between 1851 and 1973: 201 Animalia, 132 Plantae, 16 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cibula, A. Cobula, A. Woolman 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 Juncus tenuis Willd.Juncus tenuis Willd.1902Schaffner, J.H.Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio
Specimen of Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr.Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr.1902Schaffner, J.H.Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio
Specimen of Seaverinia geranii (Seaver & W.T.Horne) WhetzelSeaverinia geranii (Seaver & W.T.Horne) Whetzel1969C. W. Ellett
A photograph of the species Amelanchier arborea, not of this specimenAmelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Anemone canadensis, not of this specimenAnemone canadensis L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Cardamine douglassii, not of this specimenCardamine douglassii Britton1851Wolle, J.Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Conopholis americana, not of this specimenConopholis americana (L.) Wallr.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover?]
A photograph of the species Delphinium tricorne, not of this specimenDelphinium tricorne Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1851Wolle, J.Canal Dover
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum virginianum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum virginianum L.1851Wolle, J.Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
A photograph of the species Silene virginica, not of this specimenSilene virginica L.1851Wolle, J.Canal Downs [Canal Dover]

All 351 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 14 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Winklepleck Grove: 8 producers, 6 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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
Kimble Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kimble Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Mcfarland PitClay, CoalProducer
Plant Number 4-1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Plant Number 4-2Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Sugarcreek Operations/Belden BrickClay, CoalProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Barrs Mills1.8 miles16
Sugarcreek2.0 miles15
Shanesville2.3 miles15
Winfield3.4 miles16
Dundee4.4 miles16
Ragersville4.9 miles14
Beartown6.4 miles16
Willow Glen6.5 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595663The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063098. 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.