Abbottsville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45304. The Survey maps it on the Greenville East quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 33 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
12 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greenville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Greenville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Greenville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 375 shownMuseums hold 375 specimens collected within 10 miles of Abbottsville between 1838 and 1975: 352 Animalia, 14 Fungi, 8 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. F. C.; Stover, W. G., Albrecht, C. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861) | 1969 | B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward | Baker's Motel, near Norwick |
![]() | Callitriche palustris L. | 1838 | Short, C.W. | Lexington, Kentucky. |
![]() | Peronospora destructor (Berk.) Casp. ex Berk. | 1883 | Collector unspecified | Ithaca |
![]() | Dispira americana Thaxt. | 1895 | Rush W. H. | Greenville |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township |
![]() | Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 1888 | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township |
![]() | Clitocybe multiceps Peck | 1906 | H.J. Brememan | Greenville |
![]() | Peziza vesiculosa Bull. | 1907 | Lucas, C | Greenville |
![]() | Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr. | 1909 | A. F. C.; Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
![]() | Clitocybe odora (Bull.) P.Kumm. | 1909 | Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
![]() | Panaeolus solidipes (Peck) Sacc. | 1909 | Stover, W. G. | Greenville |
![]() | Fomes lobatus Cooke | 1911 | Overholts L. O. | Gettysburg |
All 375 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Abbottsville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Jefferson Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Feitshans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Feitshans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Slagle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
2 since 2009The National Weather Service names Abbottsville in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abbottsville | $15,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds shifted a trailer home from its foundation on Hollansburg-Sampson Road. There was also minor damage to a barn and several trees and limbs were downed. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Abbottsville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delisle | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jaysville | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Nineveh | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Steel Point | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sampson (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Frys Corners | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Poplar Ridge | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 3.4 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Abbottsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133464 | The 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 1064291. 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.
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.























