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.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
14 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
7 since 2014The 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12989 |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 486 |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11145 |
| 11 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16052 |
| 15 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6166 |
| 20 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15317 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 103 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1960 | Holt | Newcomerstown, 3.5 Mile NW Of junction Highway 21 & 258 on 21 |
![]() | Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791) | 1910 | Allen, John | Hahn's Grove, near Dover Bay |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis volucellus volucellus | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, 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 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E J Heston Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Goshen Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Plant | ||
| Port Washington Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Port Washington Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Newcomerstown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spring Construction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stocker Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2011The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf | $250,000 | A 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf | - | Tree down on West State St. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Port Washington | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Creekside Crossing | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mizers | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coalport | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Newcomerstown | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bernice | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Stone Creek | 5.2 miles | 15 |
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.

























