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

Angus, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44830. It stands on Plum Run. The Survey maps it on the Bascom quadrangle.

Angus within Seneca County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Angus, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Angus, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 192 shown

Museums hold 192 specimens collected within 10 miles of Angus between 1891 and 1969: 168 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 6 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, Babcock D. C., Baker O. 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 Corythucha bellula Gibson, 1918Corythucha bellula Gibson, 19181917C. DrakeTiffin
Specimen of Equisetum hyemale L.Equisetum hyemale L.1969George T. Jones3 miles north of Tiffin, Clinton township
A photograph of the species Parus bicolor, not of this specimenParus bicolor bicolor Sibley & Monroe, 19901891Cross, WTiffin
A photograph of the species Pluvialis dominica, not of this specimenPluvialis dominica dominica (P.L.S.Müller, 1776)1891Cross, WTiffin
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893United States Fish CommissionTiffin, Sandusky River
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1893not recordedSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021893not recordedSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Nocomis Girard, not of this specimenNocomis Girard, 18561893not recordedSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio

All 192 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Angus: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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
Basic Refractories QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Maple Grove Lime PlantChromiumProducer
Maple Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J.A. Miller Tile Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
J.A. Miller Tile Company PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Seneca 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
Iler2.0 miles11
Amsden2.7 miles11
Mount Gilead2.7 miles11
Kansas3.3 miles11
Maple Grove3.4 miles11
Linden (historical)3.4 miles11
Cromers3.9 miles11
Bettsville4.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064329. 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.