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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Amoy, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44903. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield North quadrangle.

Amoy within Richland County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Amoy, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Amoy, surveyed 1915

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.

In the 1880 county history

10,215 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Franklin Township covers organization and topography, agriculture, etc, indian occupation, roads, first settlers and settlements, first hotels.

Read the chapter on Franklin Township - 10,215 words.

Fires nearby

4 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Amoy between 2002 and 2020, burning about 4 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
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 July 2002Smokingunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15794
3 April 2003Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 February 2002Smokingunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 669 shown

Museums hold 669 specimens collected within 10 miles of Amoy between 1835 and 1975: 487 Plantae, 154 Animalia, 28 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Berra, T. (Tim), Chase, H. (Hazel), Colby, J. 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 Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1892not recordedMansfield
Specimen of Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein, 1798)Spizella passerina passerina (Bechstein, 1798)1892not recordedMansfield
Specimen of Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C.PreslAthyrium angustum (Willd.) C.Presl1895Wilkinson, E.Mansfield.
A photograph of the species Alisma subcordatum, not of this specimenAlisma subcordatum Raf.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Carex scoparia, not of this specimenCarex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Carex stricta, not of this specimenCarex stricta Lam.1835Herb. of E. WilkinsonMansfield
A photograph of the species Erigeron bellidifolius, not of this specimenErigeron bellidifolius Muhl. ex Willd.1835Wilkinson,E. 5229[USA, Ohio] Mansfield, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Penthorum sedoides, not of this specimenPenthorum sedoides L.1835E. WilkinsonMansfield
A photograph of the species Verbascum thapsus, not of this specimenVerbascum thapsus L.1835Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Angelica atropurpurea, not of this specimenAngelica atropurpurea L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1836Wilkinson, E.Mansfield

All 669 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Amoy: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Richland PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ohio PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Ohio PitClayPast Producer
Richland PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Spring Mill2.3 miles14
Roseland2.8 miles14
Toledo Junction3.5 miles14
Midpoint Woods3.5 miles14
Spring Grove (historical)3.5 miles14
Taylortown3.6 miles14
Myers (historical)3.8 miles14
Stewart (historical)3.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064323. 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.