Jackson Bog or Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve is a State Nature Preserve in the
U.S. state of
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
. It is owned by the Jackson Township Local Board of Education and the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.
The bog, which is a
fen
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...
, or alkaline bog, lies at the foot of a dry, sandy
kame
A kame, or ''knob'', is a glacial landform, an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand, gravel and till that accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface with further melting of the g ...
. The belts of kames in this area of
Stark County provide an extensive aquifer. These highly permeable gravel deposits readily absorb surface water and then hold it in staggering quantities as groundwater. Whenever this groundwater reaches the surface, artesian springs and seeps result. Springs emerge from beneath the elongated kame that borders the northern edge of the preserve.
It is located in northern Stark County, in
Jackson Township, near the city of
Massillon, Ohio
Massillon is a city in Stark County, Ohio, Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio, approximately west of Canton, Ohio, Canton, south of Akron, and south of Cleveland. The population was 32,146 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Mass ...
.
1980 establishments in Ohio
Kames
Ohio State Nature Preserves
Protected areas established in 1980
Protected areas of Stark County, Ohio
Bogs of Ohio
Landforms of Stark County, Ohio
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