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Wolf, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43832. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newcomerstown quadrangle.

Wolf within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

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 Wolf, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wolf, surveyed 1911

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

7 since 2014

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wolf between 2014 and 2020, burning about 7 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
6 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12989
22 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources486
27 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11145
11 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources16052
15 November 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources6166
20 October 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15317

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 103 shown

Museums hold 103 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wolf between 1910 and 1973: 81 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Allen, John, Borror, D.J., Buker, W.E. 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 Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1960HoltNewcomerstown, 3.5 Mile NW Of junction Highway 21 & 258 on 21
A photograph of the species Euglesa casertana, not of this specimenEuglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)1910Allen, JohnHahn's Grove, near Dover Bay
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Micropterus salmoides, not of this specimenMicropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Notropis rubellus, not of this specimenNotropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Notropis spilopterus, not of this specimenNotropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Notropis volucellus, not of this specimenNotropis volucellus volucellus1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Percopsis omiscomaycus, not of this specimenPercopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek

All 103 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wolf: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Iron. 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
E J Heston ProspectIronOccurrence
Goshen PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Plant
Port Washington MineClayPast Producer
Port Washington Shale PitClayProducer
Newcomerstown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Spring Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stocker Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas County

Storms nearby

2 since 2011

The National Weather Service names Wolf in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWolf$250,000A microburst was confirmed by an NWS storm survey. The microburst was about one quarter mile long and 100 yards wide near Newcomerstown. A sheet metal warehouse was nearly completely destroyed near highway 218 off of Stonecreek Road with debris carried over a quarter mile. There was also roof, siding and outbuilding damage to several homes along Stonecreek Road. Several trees and wires were also down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWolf-Tree down on West State St.

Every storm 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
Glasgow1.4 miles14
Port Washington2.7 miles14
Creekside Crossing3.0 miles14
Mizers3.1 miles14
Coalport3.4 miles14
Newcomerstown3.9 miles14
Bernice4.8 miles14
Stone Creek5.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061799. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.