Arthur, Ohio

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1909 1986

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.

• 1909 USGS Continental quadrangle1:62500
• 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1960 USGS Ayersville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000

Historical Atlas of Paulding County Ohio, published 1892 names this settlement in its chapter on Auglaize Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 107 specimens collected within 10 miles of Arthur between 1893 and 1973: 107 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Angle, E. (Eric) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Angle, E. (Eric), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hoschak, J. (John), CLARENCE CLARK 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
	Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)	1893	P. Kirsch	Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
	Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)	1893	not recorded	Defiance, Auglaize River
	Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865	1893	P. Kirsch	Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
	Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)	1893	P. Kirsch	Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
	Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)	1893	P. Kirsch	Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
	Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)	1928	not recorded	Auglaize River, Junction
	Somatochlora linearis (Hagen, 1861)	1941	H. Price	Benton Township, Flatrock Creek
	Aeshna constricta Say, 1840	1942	H. Price	Flatrock Creek, Benton Township
	Enallagma antennatum (Say, 1840)	1942	H. Price	mouth of Blue Creek
	Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1840)	1942	H. Price	Mouth of Little Flatrock Creek
	Lestes disjunctus australis Walker, 1952	1942	H. Price	Benton Township, Flatrock Creek
	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890	1942	H. Price	Benton Township, Flatrock Creek

All 107 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Arthur: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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.

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arthur in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

Every storm recorded in Paulding County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1037493. 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.